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of Erratae will be given, with the Index, at the clofe of each volume.

Knightsbridgb, 0&. 1799*

ERRATA, VOL. I.

Plate a. Springalia, lege, Sprengelia. Bloff. one leaf, read, one petal.

Peri. 4-vaivis, 4-locul. 1. 5-val. 5-loc. S. V. 4 val. 4 cells; r. 5 val. 5 cells.

3. Cor. aequila, 1. aouaiia. Emp. Sheath, r. Sheaths.

7. Calyx, multiflorium, 1. rnultijhrum.

9. Calyx, diciduis, 1. deciaws. Stain, acumenatae, 1. acuminata.

11. Sp. Ch. poft rofeis, inf. (,).

12. Ord. II. r. IV. Seeds, become, r. becomes.

14. Emp. cup, x.Jheath. Poin. put (,) after beneath.

15. Standard, cut, r. cup.

20. Sem. acumenatae, 1. acuminata.

23. Bloff. after fpreading, put (,). No. 2 of Ref. put {the) before chives.

25. Sp. Ch. poft plenis, inf. (,).

27. Ord. II. r. IV.

30. Line 6th of Defer, leave out (not).

37. Ord. II. r. IV.

41. Bloff. one leaf, r. one petal; divided into fix, r.-w'tthjix dh't/tons.

47. Stam. poft fubulata, inf. (,)»

65. Emp. fruit-ftalks, r. fiuit-Jhlk.

67. Defer, line 2d, for makes an addition to, r. makes one of.

PLATE I.

CORTUSA MATTHIOLI.

Alpine Sardcle.

CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRU MONOGYNU. Five Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC

Calyx. Perianthium quinquefidum, perfiftens;
laciniis obtufis, concavis.

Corolla. Monopetala, rotata, quinquepartita,
laciniis fub-rotundis, ad quarum bafin pro-
minent tubercula quinque.

Stamina. Filamcnta quinque brevia. Antherae
bipartite, oblongata, erects, exteriori parte
affixae.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma fimplex.

Pehicarpium. Capfula ovata-oblonga, utrinque
longitudinaliter fulcata, unilocularis, apice
quinquevaJvi, valvularum marginibus in-
volutis.

Semina numerofa, oblonga, fcabra.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup with five divifions, perma-
nent; the fegments blunt, and concave.

Blossom. One leaf, wheel-fhaped, five divifions,
fegments nearly round, having five promi-
nent tubercles at their bafe.

Chives. Five fhort threads. Tips divided in
two, oblong, upright, and fixed to the
bloflbm by their backs.

Pointal. Seed-bud egg-ihaped. Shaft thread-
fhaped. Summit fimple.

Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong egg-fhaped,
channelled on each fide, of one cell, the
top has five valves, which are turned in-
ward at their margins.

Seeds many, oblong, and rough.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Cortufa, foliis cordatis, laciniatis, petiolatis;
calycibus corolla brevioribus.

Sanicle, with heart-ihaped jagged leaves that
have foot-ftalks; empalements ihorter than
the bloflbms.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, and Fruit-ftalk.

2. The Bloflbm cut, and fpread open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives.

3. The Pointal, magnified.

This beautiful little herbaceous plant, a native of the Germanic Alps, was known to, and defcribed
by all the elder, as well as modern botanical theories ; yet till this time, has there not been one good
reprefentation of it. Having been nearly loft to us for a number of years, it may be confidered as
deferving a place amongft thofe plants we deem rare; as a fpecimen of fuch it has been given. It
delights much in {hade; is perfectly hardy; thrives bed in a light but pure foil; as dung, or other
mixtures, are apt to rot the roots when in a ftate of inaction ; flowering in May and June, and
producing feeds. But the fureft mode of propagation is by the root, which may be divided with
fuccefs about September.

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PLATE II.

SPRINGALIA INCARNATA.

Star-flowered Springalia.

CLASS XIX. ORDER VI.

SYNGENESIS MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers fimple.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque-

fidum, perfiftens.
Coholla. Monopetala, quinquefida, rotata,

laciniis acumenatis.
Stamina. Filamenta qiiinque, lineares, recepta-

culo inferta. Anthers pilofse, ere&ae, co-

natae in cylindrum.
Pistillum. Germen fupenim, turbinatum.

Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtufum.
Pericarpium. Capfula quadrivalvis, quadri-

locularis.
Semi n a plurima, minima, rotunda.

SPECIFIC
Springalia, foliis alternis, amplexicaulibus, mu-
cronatis; corollis fub-folitariis, incarnatis,
rigidis, micantibus.

Empalbment. Cup one leaf, cut into five

Tegmenta, and remaining.
Blossom. One leaf, cut into five fegments,

wheel- fhaped, the divifions fharp pointed.
Chives. Five threads, linear, fixed into the.

receptacle. Tips hairy, upright, united

into a cylinder.
Pointal. Seed-bud above, turban-fhaped.

Shaft thread-fhaped. Summit blunt ended.
Seed-vessel. Capfule four valves, four cells.

Seeds many, fmall, and round.

CHARACTER.

Springalia, with alternate leaves, embracing the
ftem, and fharp pointed ; bloflbms moftly
fingle, fiefh- coloured, harfh, and mining.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1 . The Empalement, (natural fize).

2. The Bloflbm divided from the Empalement.

3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).

4. The Seed-veffel, and Pointal, (magnified).

The Springalia, muft certainly rank among the moft beautiful of the various new genera which
have been introduced from New Holland) the delicacy, brilliancy, and number, of its bloflbms
render it particularly attractive, whilft their extreme permanency adds greatly to its merits; the
flower being of fuch fingular durability, as to retain nearly the fame appearance when the feeds are
perfected, as at their firft opening. The figure before us, was taken from a plant in the nurfery
garden of Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, who raifed it from feeds about three years fince,
and where it has flowered thefe two fucceffive years. The Botany-bay plants, (as they are generally
called) are beft preferred in the greenhoufe; but although this is fufficiently hardy for fuch treat-
ment, yet its fituation muft be dry, being very fufceptible of damps, flourifhing beft in fandy peat
earth ; continues flowering through the whole fummer ; and propagates eafily by cuttings. The
characters, and habit of this genus, like almoft all the plants from New Holland, being perfectly new,
there was a neceflity to form a frefh generic name for it; which has been done by the defervedly
eminent Dr. J. E. Smith, botanical profeflor, and prefident of the Linnaean Society.

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PLATE III.

NEOTTIA SPECIOSA.

Flejh-coloured Neottia.

CLASS XX. ORDER II.
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.

gRNERIC
Calyx. Spathae vagae. Spadix fimplex

Corolla. Petala quinque, longitudine aequila,
angufle-lanceolata, ere&a:

Ne&arium monophyllum, indivifum, acumina-
tum, intra petala interiora pofitum, bafin
ftyli femiampledens, ereftum, fuperne pa-
tulum.

Stamina. Filamenta duo, ex. limbo ftyli dorfali
orta, lanceolata. Anthcrae duae, lineares,
longae, locate in loculum filamenti.

Pistillum. Germen inferam, curvatum, ful-
catum, inferne attenuatum. Stylus crafius,
adnatus labio fuperiori ne&arii. Stigma
obfoletum.

Pericarpium. Capfula unilocularis, carnofa,
longiffima, trivalvis.

Semi n a numerofa, minutiflima.

SPECIFIC
Neottia, foliis radicalibus, undulatis,. lato-
lanceolatis, bafi attenuatis; floribus con-
fertis, fpicatis, incarnatis, fpeciociflimis.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Sheath fcattered. Fruit- ftalk

fimple.
Blossom. Petals five, of equal length, of a

narrow fpear-fhape, and upright.
Honey-cup one leaf, undivided, (harp pointed,

placed between the two inner petals, half

embracing the bafe of the {haft, upright,

fpreading at the top.
Chives. Two threads, riling out of the back

ofthefhaft, fpear-fhaped. Tips two, linear,

long, placed in the cells of the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, curved, furrowed,

tapering at the bafe. Shaft thick, growing

to the upper lip of the honey-cup. Summit

indiftind.
Seed-vessel, Capfule with one cell, fle(hy,

very long, three valves.
Seeds numerous, very fmall.

CHARACTER.

Neottia, with leaves growing from the root,
waved, of a broad fpear-fhape, tapered at
the bafe; flowers prefled together in a
fpike, flem-coloured, and moil beautiful.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Bloflbm, Seed-bud, and Sheath, (natural lize).

2. The Seed-bud, and three Petals of the Bloflbm 5 the two inner cut out, to fhew the pofition

of the Honey-cup, (natural lize).

3. Seed-veflel, and Honey-cup magnified) (hewing the fituation, and fhape of the Chives,

within the Honey-cup.

4. The fame magnified) {hewing the fituation of the Pointal, at the back of the Honey-cup.

Professor Jacquin of Vienna, having figured the Neottia in the third volume of his Colle&anea/
with juftice has determined it a new genus, and given it the name it here bears; the whole habit of
the plant being entirely diffimilar to any old genera. It certainly muft be placed fomewhere near
Limodorum, or Epidendron, from either of which, however, it Hands perfeaiy diftina. This is the
only fpecies yet in England, and was introduced from the ifland of Jamaica, about the year 1?03, by
the Hon. Mrs. Barrington. The drawing from which the prefent figure is taken, was made (by
her kind pcrmiflion) from a plant in the extenfive collection of the Hon. Lady Archer, Ham-common.
Like all plants from that ifland, it requires the heat of a pine-ftove, and rich earth, to make it
flourifli} is increafed by the root, and flowers in the early part of the year.

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PLATE IV.

RHODODENDRON DAURICUM.

Dauric Rhododendron.

CLASS X. ORDER I.
DECANDRLi MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx quinquepartitus, perfiftens.
Corolla. Monopetala, rotato-infundibulifor-
mis: limbo pa ten te> laciniis rotunda tis.

Stamina. Filamenta decern, filiformia, longitu-
dine corollas, declinata. Antherae ovales.

Pistillum. Geinen pentagonnm, retufum.
Stylus fiUformis, longitudine corollae. Stig-
ma obtufum.

Per i carpi um. Capfula ovata, quinquelocularis.

Semina numerofa, minima, lineares.

Empalement of five divisions, and remaining.
Blossom. One leaf, of a roundifh funnel-Shape:

the limb Spreading; and its Segments

rounded.
Chives. Ten hair-like threads, the length of

the bloflbm, bent downward. Tips oval.
Pointal. Seed-bud five-Sided, and dented.

Shaft thread-Shaped, the length of the

bloflbm. Summit blunt-ended.
Seed-vessel. Capfule oval, five-celled.
Seeds many, fmall, and linear.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Rhododendron, foliis glabris utrinque nudis,
petiolis longiulmis; corollas violaceae, foliis
ampliores, rotate.

Rhododendron, with fmooth leaves, naked on
both fides, and long foot-ftalks; the blof-
foms light purple, larger than the leaves,
and wheel-Shaped.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Bloflbm, (natural fize).

2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize) ; one tip detached, (magnified).

3. The Seed-veflel, and Pointal, (magnified).

Although this fhrub has been defcribed, and is well known to botanifts, it has not, till within thefe
very few years, been feen in Great Britain. It is a perfectly hardy plant, being a native of the coaft
of the Black and Cafpian feas, and parts adjacent* from whence it has been conveyed to Petersburg
by Dr. P. Pallas, and figured by him in his Flora Rufiica. Mr. Bum was the perfon who brought it
to England, on his return from Ruflia. The flowers begin to appear in the month of March, con-
tinuing through April and May. As yet (from its fcarcity) the beft method of cultivating it can
fcarcely be known 5 but it feems to like a Sheltered Situation,* and light foil, like moil of the genus;
and hat been increafed by layers. The drawing was made from a plant, at the nurfery of Meflrs. Lee
and Kennedy, Hammerfmith.

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PLATE V.

GLADIOLUS LONGIFLORUS.

Long-flowered Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER L
TRUNDRU MONOGYNU. Three Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Spathae bivalves.
Corolla, fexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga,
omnia unguibus in tubum conata.

Stamina. Filamenta tria, fubulata, divifuris
alternis petalorum inferta. Antherae ob-
longae.

Pistillum. Germen inferom. Stylus fimplex,
longitudine ftaminium. Stigma trindum,
concavum.

Pericarpium. Capfula oblonga, obtufa, tri-
loculare, trivalvis.

Semina plura, fubrotunda.

SPECIFIC
Gladiolus, foliis enfiformibus, plica tis, villous;
corollis tubiformibus, longiffimisj petalis
undulatis, reflexis.

Empalbmbnt. Sheath two valves.

Blossom, cut into fix fegments, and gaping.

Petals oblong, having all their claws conr-

ne&ed into a tube.
Chives. Three threads, awl-ihaped, fixed into

each alternate divifion of the petals. Tips-
oblong.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple, the

length of the chives. Summit divided in.

three, and concave.
Seed- vessel. Capfule oblong, obtufe, three

cells, three valves.
Seeds many, nearly round.

CHARACTER.

Gladiolus, with fword-fhaped, plated, hairy
leaves; bloflbms trumpet-fhaped, and very
long; petals waved, and bent back.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Bloflbm cut open, to fhew the titration, and infertion of the Threads; the Threads, and

lips, remaining attached.

2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit.

.This fpecies of Gladiolus, (as are mpft of the genus) is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, about
Table Mountain; where the roots of Ixia, Antholyza, Gladiolus, &c. form a chief part of the food of
the inhabiting monkies. It came to England amongft many other roots and feeds of beautiful and
rare plants, collected by J. Pringle, Efq. of the ifland of Madeira, when on an excurfion at the Cape;
and fent by him to MeiTrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammerfmith. Like mod bulbs, it has its period of
reft j during which, it mould be kept without moifture, but wbilft growing, requires abundance;
flowering about June, or July, and producing good feeds. It mould be treated as a greenhoufe plant,
and planted in light fandy earth. Like the Crocus, the old root periming, a number of frefh ones
are produced, which may, (if thought neceflary) be kept out of the ground two or three months.

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PLATE VI.

'HEMEROCALLIS CJERULEA.

Blue Day Lily.

CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Calyx. Nullus.
Corolla, fexpartita, infundibuli-campanulata.

Stamina. Filamenta fex, fubulata, longitudine
corolla?, declinata; fuperiora breviora. An-
thers oblongs, incumbentes, aflurgentes.

Pistillum. Germen fvilcatum, fuperum. Stylus
filiformis, longitudine et fitu ftaminium.
Stigma obtufe-trigonum, aflurgitns.

Pehicarpium. Capfula trigona, trilocularis, tri-

valvis.
Semina plurima, fubrotunda.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. None.

Blossom, has fix fegments, of a funnel bell-
fhape.

Chives. Six awl-fhaped threads, the length of
the bloflbm, bent downwards* the upper
ones the fhorteft. Tips oblong, fixed by their
fides, and turned up at the ends.

Pointal. Seed-bud furrowed, and above.
Shaft thread-fhaped, of the length and po-
fition of the chives. Summit bluntly three-
cornered, turned up at the point.

Seed-vessel. Capfule three-fided, three cells,
three valves.

Seeds many, nearly round.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hemerocallis, foliis cordatis, petiolatis; corollis 11 Day Lily, with leaves that are heart-fhaped,
caeruleis. || and have foot-ftalks; the bloflbms blue.

REPERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1 . The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the Bloflbm.

2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.

3. A Seed of the fhape and fize when ripe.

The variety of character exhibited in this new fpecies of Hemerocallis, fo different from its con-
geners, in foliage, flower, and feed) would almoft induce us to think like Gaertner, a generic di virion
neceflary; if we were not withheld, by that ftrong rule of Linnaeus, (from which, it will be a leading
feature of this work, not to fwerve) not to increafe the number of genera, but where abfolutely
neceflary. This fpecies, as well as a white variety, which has been figured by Kaempfer; and con-
tinued fince him by Well^enow, in his new Species Plantarum, under its prefent denomination; is
a native of China, and introduced to our gardens from thence by G. Hibbert, Efq. of Clapham, from
whofe moft extenfive and beautiful collection this fpecimen was taken. It is as yet cultivated as a
hothoufe plant, where it flowers in the fpring months, perfecting its feeds: perhaps when better
known, it may be found, like many Chinefe plants, to bear our climate. It is propagated as well by
parting its roots, as from the feeds.

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PLATE VII.

PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES.

Siberian Primrofe.

CLASS V. ORDER I.

PENTANDRU MONOGYNLi. Five Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Calyx. Involucrum polyphyllum, multiflori-
um, minimum. Perianthium monophyllum,
tubulatum, pen tagonum,quinquedcnta turn,
acutum, ere&um, perfiftens.
Corolla. Monopetala. Tubus cylindraceus,
longitudine calycis, terminates colo parvo
hernifphaerico. Limbus patens, femi-quin-
quefidus; ladniis obcordatis, obtufis. Faux
pervia.

Stamina. Filamenta quinque, breviflima, intra
collum corollas. Antherae acumenatae,
ere&ae, conniventes, inclufae.

Pistillum. Germen globofum. Stylus filifor-
mis, longitudine calycis. Stigma globo-
fum.

Pbricabpium. Capfula teres, longitudine fere
perianthii, unilocularis, dehifcens apice
decern dentato.

Semina numerofa, fubrotunda. Receptaculum
ovato-oblongum, liberum.

SPECIFIC
Primula, foliis petiolatis, cordatis, fub-lobatis,
crenatis; corollis laete purpureis.

CHARACTER.

Empalembnt. Fence of many leaves, including
feveral flowers, and fmall. Cup one leaf,
tubular, five-fided, five-toothed, fharp, up-
right, and remaining.

Blossom. One petal. Tube cylindrical, the
length of the cup, terminated by a fliort
bemifpherical neck. Border fpreading, half
cut into five divifions; the fegments are
inverfely heart-ihaped, and blunt. Mouth
open.

Chives. Five threads, very ihort, within the
neck of the bloffom. Tips pointed, upright,
approaching, within the tube.

Pointal. Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-
fliaped, the length of the cup. Summit
globular.

Seed-vessel. Capfule cylindrical, nearly as
long as the cup, of one cell, opening at
the top, with ten teeth.

Seeds numerous, and roundiih. Receptacle ob-
long egg-fhaped, and loofe.

CHARACTER.

Primrofe, whofe leaves have foot-ftalks, are
heart-ihaped, flightly lobed, and fooUoped;
bloflbms of a bright purple.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Cup, and Fruit-ftalk.

2. A Bloffom cut open, to fliew the fituation of the Chives, and its internal formation.

3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, (magnified).

This fpecies of Primrofe is figured by Gmelin, in his Flora Siberica. It was in the year 1794, that
the feeds of this plant were fent by Profeffor P. Pallas, from Siberia, to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, of
Hammerfmith; at whofe nurfery the drawing of this moft charming plant was made: though a
native of fo cold a clime, it feems with difficulty to endure the feverity of ours; thriving belt in a pot,
under any flight fhelter, or a very dry fituation if planted out: it is increafed by the root, which
fhould be parted in March; and flowers in June, and July.

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PLATE VIII.

GLADIOLUS ALATUS.

Wing-flowered Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER, I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Spathse bivalves.
Corolla, fexpartita, ringens, Petala oblonga,
omnia unguibus in tubum conata.

Stamina. Filamenta tria, fubulata, divifuris

alternis petalorum inferta. Antherse ob-

longae.
Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus fimplex,

longitudine ftaminium. Stigma trifidum,

concavum.
Pbricarpium. Capfula oblonga, obtufa, tri-

locularis, trivalvis.
Srmina plura, fubrotunda.

Empalbment. Sheath two valves.

Blossom, of fix divifions, and gaping. Petals

oblong, haying their claws formed into a

tube.
Chives. Three awl-fhaped threads, fixed into

the alternate divifions of the petals. Tips

oblong.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple, the

length of the chives. Summit cut into

three, and concave.
Seed- vessel. Capfule oblong, blunt ended,

three cells, three valves.
Seeds many, nearly round.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus, foliis enfiformibus, coftatis; petalis || Gladiolus, with fword-fhape, ribbed leaves; the

fide petals of the bloffom the broadeft.

lateralibus latiffimis.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement/ with the Chives, detached from the Petals, as they

Hand in the Bloffom, and apparently attached to each other ; with the natural pofition
of the Pointal.

2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud ; one of the divifions of the Summit magnified.

This fpecies of Gladiolus, although fo fcarce with us, is certainly one of the moft common found
near Cape Town ; and, notwithstanding its extreme beauty, has been overlooked by moft collectors*
who, from its great frequency, have generally confidered it as forming, undoubtedly, part of every
collection of exotics. It is of an extreme delicate nature, and overmuch wet eafily deftroys it; dif-
fering from moft Cape bulbs, in requiring a light loamy earth, and the affiftance of a dry ftove, to
make it flower well; which it will do by fuch aid, about May, or June; feldom producing feeds, and
propagating but flowly by the root. From the fugitive chara&er of this plant, it is difficult to afcertaih
the firft cultivator; for although it does not appear amongft the Gladiolus in the Hortus Kewenfis, it
muft undoubtedly have come into that immenfe collection at different periods, but never flowered;
which is the reafon we do not find it there defcribed, which has been done by Linnaeus, in his Species
Plantarum, under the name it here bean; as well as by Plukenet, in his Pbyto-graphia, and others
under various fynonims. This figure was taken from a plant that flowered at Meffrs. Lee and Ken-
nedy's in 1796.

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PLATE IX.

ATRAGENE CAPENSIS.

Cape Atragene.

CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.

POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum ; foliolis
ovalibus, patentibus, obtufis, diciduis.

Corolla. Petala duodecim, linearia, bafi an-
guftifilma, obtofa, patula.

Stamina. Filamenta plurima, breviffima. An-
thers oblongae, acumenatae.

Pistillum. Germina plurima oblonga. Styli
villofi. Stigmata fimplicia, longitudine
antherarum.

Pehicahpium. Nullum.

Semina plurima, definentia in caudam pilofam.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are oval,
fpreading, blunt, and deciduous.

Blossom. Petals twelve, linear, narrower! at
bafe, blunt, and fpread open. ,

Chives. Threads many, very fhort. Tips ob-
long, pointed.

Pointal. Seed-buds numerous, oblong. Shafts*
hairy. Summits fimple, the length of the
tips.

Seed-vessel. None.

Seeds many, terminating in a hairy tail.

Atragene, foliis ternatis; foliolis incins, dentatis,
rigidis; flore incarnato, femipleno.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Atragene, with three di virions; the fmaller di-
vifions jagged, toothed, and harih; the
flower flem-coloured, and femidouble.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Petal cat off clofe to the receptacle.

2. The Fruit-ftalk, Chives, and Pointals; the Chives thrown to one fide, to expofe the fituation

of the Pointals; one tip magnified.

3. A Seed of the fize when ripe.

This plant has been confidered by Burmann, Hermann, and other Cape botanifts, as an Anemone,
to which genus it certainly may as eafily be referred as Atragene: but as it has been clearly de-
fcribed by Linnaeus, under that genus, we have not hardinefs enough to difpute his authority. It is
(as the trivial name implies) a native of the Cape of Good Hope, but at fome confiderable diftance
within land; whence it requires a dry ftove to preferve it, fuffering much from damps. It i» on ty
fince the year 1795, that this plant has been found in our greenhoufes; being then introduced by
Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, nurferymen, where it has flowered and perfected feeds; which feems to
be the only means of propagating it: the foil it prefers is a mixture of peat and loam; flowering
about March, or April.

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PLATE X.

ARISTEA CYANEA.

Blue-flowered Ariftea.

CLASS III. ORDER 1.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Spathae bivalves, lacerae, perfiftentes.

Corolla, heiapetala, oblonga, squalia, obcor-

data, perfiftentia, patens.
Stamina. Filamenta tria, erecta, fubulata.

Anthers fub-fimplices, magnae.
Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus filifor-

mis, ere&us. Stigma trifidum, concavum,

reflexum.
Pebicarpium. Capfula oblonga, triquetra, tri-

locnlaris, loculis compreffis, trivalvis.
Sbmina plura, comprefla, fcabrida, fub-femi-

drcularia.

Empalbment. Sheath two valves, ragged, and

remaining.
Blossom, of fix petals, oblong, equal, inverfely

heart-fhaped, remaining, fpreading.
Cbivbs. Three threads, upright, awl-fhaped.

Tips almoft fimple, and large.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-

fhaped and erect. Summit cut into

three, concave and reflected.
Seed- vessel. Capfule oblong, three- fided,

three cells, cells comprefled, three valves.
Seeds many, flat, rough, nearly femicircular.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ariftea, foliis enflformibus, radicalibus; floribus
capitatis, cyaneis.

Ariftea with fword-ihaped leaves growing from
the root; the flowers grow in heads, and
are of a bright blue.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE*

1. A Valve of the Sheath, fpread open.

2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)

3. A perfect Seed, (magnified.)

Thb Ariftea is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and has been defcribed under various fynonymsj
by Plukenett as a Gramen, by Petiver as Bermudiana Capenfis, and by Van Royen, Burmann, and
Linnaeus, as an Ixia. But although differing from Linnaeus is againft the fixed intention of this
undertaking* where there is a poflibility of avoiding it; yet in this inftance of alteration he muft
have acquiefced, having undoubtedly never feen the plant himfelf. The bloffom, feed-veffel, feeds,
habit, root, and growth, of the plant, fo totally differ from the character of Ixia, &c. that we have
not hefitated, in accepting the name given it in the Hortus Kewenfis; where, it is faid to have been
introduced, to that collection, by Mr. F. Maftbn in 1774 5 though no fpedfic defcription is given of
it $ from which we may conjecture, it never flowered there. The figure here given, was taken from
a plant which flowered at Meflrs. Lee and Kennedys, in 1797- The Ariftea being rather a delicate
plant, requires an airy, warm fituation in the greenhoufe, flowering readily about the month of July,
or Auguft; requiring to be kept in a fmall pot, the foil a light loam. It propagates by feeds, and
flips.

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PLATE XI.

GLADIOLUS ROSEUS.

Rofe-coloured Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Spathae bivalves.
Corolla, fexpartita ringens. Petala oblonga,
omnia unguibus in tubum conata.

Stamina. Filamenta tria, fubulata, divifuris

alternis petalorum inferta. Anthers ob-

longae.
Pistillum. Germen inferom. Stylos fimplex,

longitudine ftaminium. Stigma trifidum,

concavam.
Pericaepium. Capfula oblonga, obtufa, trilo-

cularis, trivalvis.
Sbmina plura, fubrotunda.

Empalement Sheath two valves.

Blossom, of fix divifions, and gaping. Petals

oblong, having their claws formed into a

tube.
Chives. Three awl-fhaped threads fixed into

the alternate divifions of the petals. Tips

oblong.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple,

the length of the chives. Summit cut into

three, and concave.
Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong, blunt-ended,

three cells, three valves*
Seeds many, nearly round.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortis, rubro margi-
nalia, pubefcentibus; fioribus rofeis odora-
tiffimis.

Gladiolus, with fpear-ihaped leaves, twitted,
red-edged, and downy ; bloflbms rofe co-
lour, and fweet fcented.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1 . The two Valves of the Sheath.

2. A Flower cut open, to expofe the infertion of the Threads, the Threads, and Tips remaining

attached.

3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified.

4. A Seed natural fize, inclofed in its Tunic. *

This moft beautiful fpecies of Gladiolus, is but of very recent date in England 3 in the year I7g5 it
was feen firft to blow here, in the collection of J. Ord, Efq. PurferVcrofs, Fulham j but has fince, re-
peatedly, at the nurfery, Hammerfmitb, from whence this figure was taken. Profeflbr Jacquin has
figured this plant, in bis laft Fafciculus 5 but, undoubtedly, from a dried fpecimen, as his figure gives
no idea of the brilliancy of this delightful plant. The fragrance of its flowers, added to the Angu-
larity and beauty of its leaves, muft place it in the foremoft rank of its congeners. To preferve the
bulb of this delicate Gladiolus, as foon as the ftera begins to decay, it mould be taken from the pot,
and kept dry till October 5 when it fhould be replanted, and treated as other Cape bulbs. It increafes
by offsets, and flowers about the month of May, or June.

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PLATE XII.

GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM.

hargeft flowered Crane's-bill.

CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
MONODELPHIA DECJNDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.

GENERIC
Calyx. Ferianthium pentaphyllum: folioJis
ovatis, acutis, concavis, perfiftentibus.

Corolla. Petala quinque, obcordata, feu

ovata, patentia, magna.
Stamina. Filamenta decern, fubulata, corolla

breviora. Anthers oMongas, verfatiles.

Pistillum. Germen quinquangulare, roftra-
tum. Stylus fubulatus, ftaminihus longior,
perfiftens. Stigmata quinque, refiexa.

Pericarpium nullum. Fru&us pentaooccus,
rofhratus.

Semiwa iblitaria, reniformia, faepe arillataj
Arifla longifiima, demum fpirali.

SPECIFIC
Geranium, calycibus monophyllis, foliis quin-
que-lobis, glabris, dentatis; floribus am-
pliffimis, fub-albidis.

CHARACTER.

Empalembnt. Cup five leaves: leaves egg-
fhaped, fharp pointed, concave, and per-
manent.

Blossom. Five petals, inverfely heart-fhaped,
or egg fliaped, fpreading, and large.

Chives. Ten threads, awl-ihaped and (horter
than the bloflbm. Tips oblong, eafily turn-
ed round.

Pointal. Seed-bud five-angled, and beaked.
Shaft awl-ihaped, longer than the chives
and remaining. Five reflexed fummits.

Seed-vessel none. Fruit five dry berries,
beaked.

Seeds, folitary, kidney-ihaped, often furnifhed
with a dry huiky coat, and a very long
awn, which become fpiral.
CHARACTER.

Geranium, empalements of one leaf > leaves five-
lobed, finooth, and toothed j the flowers
very large, nearly white.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement cut open, to fhew its tubular ftru&ure.

2. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the flower, (natural fize.)

3. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud, (magnified.)

Op all the fpedes of this numerous tribe, introduced to us, from the Cape of Good Hope, this fiands
Angularly pre-eminent j whether for delicacy of foliage, or beauty of flower, of which, the moft
finifhed drawing would convey but a faint idea. The figure before us, was taken from a plant in the
valuable collection of G. Hibbert, Efq. Clapham; from whom we underftand, that it was fent in 1794
to the Royal Gardens at Kew, by Mr. F. Maflbn. To keep this plant in a flourifliing condition, it
would be kept in a window of the (love, in winter, as the heat of a greenhoufe is fcarce fuificient a(
that feafon. It flowers in July, or Auguft, and requires the foil generally ufed for Geraniums, a mix-
ture of rotten dung, and loam; being eafily propagated by cuttings.

To dinent from moft of the late publications on the fcience of Botany, may feem prefuming; yet,
when it mall be confidered, that we take Linnaeus for our fole guide, where that great mailer has
incontefiiblyfixed a Generic character, to a tribe of plants, which undoubtedly, came clearly under
his infpection; from his di&ates, ours mult emanate, although IBs authority may be quefttoned by
others. If any good reafons had been found, to difunite a Genus, which nature has fo palpably dimn-
guiihed throughout all its numerous fpedes j be certainly, who had minutely examined fo many,
would not in his factitious Syftem have allied them; though nature had apparently fo done. We
muft therefore, after him, think no Generic diviiion neceflary. For the fake of correctnefs, where a
Genus is fo extended in its fpedes as Geranium, Erica, &c. are; the conformity of particular parts,
may form a fecondary arrangement, as we find it constantly in Linnaeus; the Heaths, from the fhape
of their tips, the Geraniums, from* the number of fertile Chives; which a French Botanifi of the name
of T/Hcritier, has thought of fuificient moment to create two new Genera on, Erodium and Pelargo-
nium, retaining the old name Geranium for thofe only, with ten perfeel Chives. Monf. L'Heritier and
his followers muft, therefore, forgive us for ranking one of bis Pelargoniums under the old ftandard.

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PLATE XIII.

EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM.

Purple flowered Epidendrum.

CLASS XX. ORDER I.
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIC. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.

GENERIC

Calyx. Spathae vagse. Spadix fimplex. Pe-
rianthium nullum.

Coholla. Petala quinque, oblonga, longiflima,
patentiffima.

Nc&arium baft tubulatum, turbinatum,
intra petala deorfum pofitum, ore obliquo,
bifido: foperiori labio breviflimo, trifido;
inferiori in acumen produ&o.

Stamina. Filamenta duo, breviflima, piftillo
infidentia. Aiitberae te&ae labio fuperiore
ne&arii.

Pistillum. Germen tcnue, longum, contor-
tum, inferum. Stylus breviffimus, adnatus
labio fuperiori nedarii. Stigma obfoletum.

Pericarpium. Siliqua longiflima, teres, car-
noia.

Semina numerofa, minutifiima.

SPECIFIC
Epidendrum foliia oblongis, geminis, glabris,
bulbo innatis; fcapo multifloro; ne&ario
cordato, purpureo.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Sheaths Scattered. Fruit-ftalk
fimple. Cup none.

Blossom. Five petals, oblong, of a great length,
and fpreading much.

Hwtty-cup tubular at the bafe, turban-
fhaped, placed between the lower petals,
mouth oblique and divided: the upper
lip very £bort, cut into three divifions; the
lower terminating in a point.

Chives. Two very ihort threads, fixed on the
pointal. Tips covered by the upper lip of
the honey-cup.

Pointal. Seed-bud (lender, long, twifted, and
beneath. Shaft very ihort, fixed to the upper
lip of the honey-cup. Summit blunt.

Seed-vessel. Pod very long, round, and
flefhy.

Seeds numerous, extremely fmall.

CHARACTER.

Epidendrum with oblong leaves growing by
pairs, fmooth, rifing from the bulb; ftalk
many flowered; honey-cup heart-fhaped
and purple.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Bloflbm, without the Honey-cup j difpofed to (hew the fituation of the Chives, and

Pointal, which are covered by the Honey-cup.

2. The Honey-cup.

3. The Tips.

4. The Summits.

Of all plants, none furnifh a more agreeable fpeculation to the Botanift, than thofe of this dafs; the
Angular conftrudion of the whole flower, leads the obferver to form analogous companions from it to
animal life: particularly among* the Orchis, and Ophris, of our own country; where bees, flics, liz-
ards, and butterflies are accurately fhaped in the honey-cup. The Genus Epidendrum, takes its Ge-
neric title from its place of growth, being what Botanifts term parafitical, that is growing on an-
other plant; which is the cafe, with moft of the fpecies of this Genus: yet is cultivated here with
fuccefe, by planting it in a mixture of rotten wood, and loam. A plant, from which th,s figure was
taken, was a prefent to Meffnr. Lee and Kennedy from the Honourable Mrs. Bamngton, wkmnd
it from Dr. Dancer s botanical garden Jamaica, of which ifland it is a native; therefore muft be kept
in the ftove. It is propagated by dividing the bulbs.

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PLATE XIV.

IXIA REFLEXA.

Reflex flowered Ixia.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRUNDRIA MONVGYNU. Three Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Spathae bivalves, oblongs, perfiftentes,

germina diftinguentes.
Cobolla. Tetala fex, oblonga, aequalia, lan-

ceolata.
Stamina. FLlamenta tria, fubulata, corolla

brcviora, fitu aequalia. Antherae fimplices.
Pistillum. Germen inferum, ovatum, tri-

quetrum. Stylus fimplex, ere&us, longi-

tudine ftaminum. Stigma trifidum, crafii-

ufculum.
Pekicarpium. Capfula fubovata, triquetra,

trilocularis, loculis compreflis, trivalvis.

Sbmina fubrotunda, plurima.

Emfalement. Cup two valves, oblong, re-
maining, and dividing the feed-buds.

Blossom. Six oblong petals of an equal length,
and fpear-ihaped.

Chives. Three awl-fhaped threads, fhorter than
the bloflbm, placed equally. Tips nmple.

Pointal. Seed-bud beneath egg fhaped, and
three-fided. Shaft fimple, upright, the
length of the chives. Summit cut into
three, and thickifh.

Seed-vessel. Capfule, nearly egg-fhaped,
three tided, three cells, prefled together,
three valves.

Seeds many, nearly round.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER,

Ixia floribus fpicatis, reflexis -, foliis enfiformi-
bus, glabris.

Ixia, with flowers growing in a fpike, and bent
backward ; leaves fword-fhaped, and fmooth.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two Sheaths of the Kmnaferamt (magnified).

2. The Bloflbm.

3. The Chives (magnified).

4. The Pointal (magnified).

No, genus exhibits greater diverfity, either in the figure, or colour of the bloflbms, of its various fpe-
cies than Ixia; the extreme delicacy of their colours, rendering it abfolutely neceflary to protect them
both from wind and rain j even watering them over their heads (as is ufual with greenhoufe plants),
at once deftroys their brilliancy. The bulbs of this fpecies were gathered at the Cape, by J. Pringle,
Efq. from whom they were fent to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy in \7§5, at whofe nurfery they flowered
the enfuing fpring, when this figure was taken. No particular treatment is neceflary for this plant,
other than what is given to Cape bulbs in general, viz, an airy fituation, and light foil. Is propa-
gated by feeds, and by the roots.

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PLATE XV.

anthylUs erinacea.

Blue Broom of Spain.

CLA.SS XVII. ORDER III.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Chives in two fets. Ten Chives.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, ovato-
oblongum, parum inflatum, villofum; ore
quinquedentato, inaequali; perfiftens.

Coholla papilionacea :

Vexillum long i us, lateribus refiexis, ungue

longitudine calycis.

Alee duae, oblongs, vexillo breviores.

Carina comprefia, longitudine alarum, alis

fimilis.
Stamina. Filamenta decern, connata, aflur-

gentia. Antherae fimplices.
Pxstillum. Germen oblongum. Stylus fim-

plex, adfcendens. Stigma obtufum.
Pbhicarpium. Legumen fubrotundum, te&um

intra calycem, minimum, bivalve.
Semen unum, alterumve.

Empalement. Cup of one leaf, oblong egg-

fhaped, a little f welled, and hairy ; mouth

cut into five unequal teeth ; permanent.
Blossom, butterfly-fhaped.

Standard longer, fides bent back, the claws

as long as* the cut.

Wings two, oblong, fhorter than the

ftandard.

Keel compreffed, as long as the wings, and

like them.
Chives. Ten threads, connected, riling up-

wards. Tips fimple.
Pointal. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft fimple,

afcending. Summit blunt.
Seed-vessel. Pod roundifh, covered by the

cup, very fmall, of two valves.
Seeds. One or two.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Anthyllis fruticofa, fpinofa ; foliis fimplicibus ;
rloribus ex caeruleo purpurafcentibus.

Broom, ihrubby, and covered with prickles;
leaves fimple 5 bloflbms of a purplim blue.

REFERBNCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Cup.

2. A Bloflbm, the cup taken off to fliew the exad fituation and fhape of its various parts.

3. The Chives, as they inclofe the pointal (natural fize.)

4. The Threads magnified, and cut open, to {hew their tubular fhape.

5. The Pointal, magnified. _

Owing to the difficulty in propagating and preferring fome plants, although frequently introduced
to us, and well known ; yet are they more fcarce to be found, in our beft collections, than plants of
feemingly more difficult acquisition. This fpecies of Anthyllis has been mentioned under various
fynonyms by moft botanical authors from Clufius downwards. Mr. T. Johnfon, in his edition of
Gerard of 1633, has given a defcription of this plant from Clufius, and a cut; both of which are
excellent (confidering the then infant ftate of the art of engraving), under the tide of Genifta
fpinofa humilis; Dwarf Furze. It is termed Erinacea by Clufius (fays he), from the Spanifh name
of the hedge-hog, Erizo, of which country it is a native, in the kingdom of Valencia : from which
we might infer, that, like other plants of that country, it would live through our winters ; which is
not the cafe. It muft be kept as a greenhouse plant, and* watered but fparingly. The foil it prefers,
is a light loam; is propagated by cuttings, and flowers in April, or May.

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PLATE XVI.

AZALEA PONTICA.

Yellow Pontic Azalea.

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CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIji MONOGYNIui. Five Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque-

partitum, acutum, ere&um, parvum, per-

fiftens.
Corolla. Monopctala, campanulata, limbus

quinquefidus : laciniarum latcribus in-

flexis.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, filiformia, recep-

taculo inferta, libera. Anthers flmplices.
Pistillum. Germen ova turn. Stylus filifor-

mis, longitudine corolla, perfiftens. Stigma

obtufum.
Pekicarpium. Capfula ovata, quinquelocularis,

quinquevalvis.
Semina plurima, comprefla.
Obs. Figura petali in aliis infundibuliformis, in

aliis campaniformis eft; ftamina in quibuf-

dam declinata longiflima.

SPECIFIC
Azalea, foliis ovato-oblongis, pilofis, al tern is;
fioribus amplifiimis, luteis ; ftaminibus lon-
giflimis, declinatis.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup one leaf with five divi-
fions, iharp pointed, upright, fmall, and
permanent.

Blossom. One petal, bell-fhaped, margin five-
cleft: fegments with the edges bent in-
wards.

Chives. Threads five, thread-fhaped, fixed to
the receptacle, and loofe. Tips fimple.

Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft thread-
fhaped, the length of the blofibm, perma-
nent. Summit blunt.

Seed-vessel. Capfule egg-fhaped, with five
cells, and five valves.

Seeds many, and flat.

Obs. The fhape of the petal in foroe is funnel -
fhaped, in others bell-fhaped; the chives in
fome are bent downward, and very long.

CHARACTER.

Azalea, with oblong egg-fhaped leaves, hairy,
and alternate; flowers very large, and yel-
low ; chives very long, and bent downward.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, (natural fize.)

2. The Chives as they appear within the bloflbm.

3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.

4. A Capfule cut horizontally, expofing the number of its cells.

America has furnifhed our gardens with an extenfive variety of beautiful fhrubsj amongft them, the
Azaleas hold a diflinguifhed place; fome for the beauty, others for the fragrance, of their bloflbms:
the prefent f pedes far furpafles all of them for both. It is a native of the coaft of the Black Sea, or
Pontus Euxinus, through the whole of its extent, on the Afiatic fide, from the city of Trebifonde;
from whence its trivial name. That a plant of fuch extreme beauty, and fweetnefs, fhould fo long
have been a ftranger to our European gardens, though known to, and defcribed by, fo many botanical
travellers, rauft feem matter of wonder ; but ftill it is an uncontefled fa€t. Monf. Tournefort, in his
Voyage to the Levant, has given an ample defcription of it, under the title of Chamaerhododendros
Pontica maxima, mefpili folio, flore luteo; where he fays, it grows to the height of feven or eight
feet, and that the flowers are of a moft exquifite flavour. Dr. P. Pallas, in his Flora Roflica, has like-
wife figured, and defcribed it, under the name it here bears; but apparently his drawing was made
from a dried fpecimen, as the brilliancy of the flower is by no means preferved ; but it is to him we
are indebted for this fine plant. In his voyage to the Crimea and countries adjacent, in 1792, he
procured the feeds of this, amongft many other valuable and rare plants; parcels of moft of which
were fent by him to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith; by whom plants were raifed of it, and
many other forts, the next year. It is a deciduous fhrub, extremely hardy, and blows early in the
fpring; is propagated, like other Azaleas, by layers and feeds; grows beft in peat earth, with a fmall
portion of loam.

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PLATE XVII.

PROTEA FORMOSA.

Coronet Protea.

CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Four Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC

Calyx. Perianthium commune, imbricatum;
fquamis inasqualibus, perMentibus.
Proprium nullum.

Corolla tetrapctala. Petala faepe cohaerentia,
faepius divifa, lineari-oblonga: unguibus
ere&is, limbo patent!. .

Stamina. Filamenta nulla. Antherse quatuor,
lineares, vel oblongse, fub apice limbi co-
rollae infertae.

Pistillum. Germen fuperum, oblongum. Sty-
lus filiformis, corolla longior. Stigma fim-
plex, clavatum.

Peeicabpium nullum. Calyx patens, indura-
tes, vix mutatus.

Sbmina folitaria, fubrotunda, vel comprefla.

Receptaculum commune nudum, villofum,
paleaceum, vel conus.

8PECIPIC
Protea, foliis lanceolatis, pubefcentibus; caule
villofo; flore aurantio flavo; femine fub-
rotundo, glabro, magnitudine pifi majoris.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup common, foaled; fcale*

unequal, and remaining.

Proper none.
Blossom four-leaved. Petals frequently ad-
hering, oftener divided, of a linear oblong

fhape : claws upright, border fpreading.
Chives. Threads none. Tips four, linear, or

oblong, fixed within the border of the

bloflbm.
Pointal. Seed-bud above, and oblong. Shaft

thread-fhaped, longer than the bloflbm.

Summit fimple, and club-fhaped.
Seed-vessel none. Cup fpreading, hard, and

fcarcely changing.
Seeds folitary, nearly round, ' or flat.
Receptacle the common, is naked, hairy,

chafly, or a cone.

CHARACTER.

Protea, with lance-fhape downy leaves*- ftem
hairy; bloflbm orange yellow; feed nearly
round, fmooth, the fize of a large pea.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Flower complete, as it (lands on the Receptacle.

2. The Bloflbm expanded, to (hew the titration of the Chives.

Op all the varied genera of plants which decorate that mine of botanical riches, the Cape of Good
Hope, and the adjacent country, no one flands more confpicuous than Protea. Few travellers who
have not noticed the Angularity and beauty of their foliage; indeed they are of fuch extreme bril-
liancy, that no one, however indifferent to botanical refearches, can pais them unobferved; forefls of
them being'fo numerous, the Protea Argentea, or Silver Tree, produces almoft the only wood of the
country; growing to the height of thirty or forty feet. But although the leaves of this numerous
tribe are moflly beautiful, many of their bloflbms are but trifling, except in the eye of the botanifl:
the Protea Formofa, however, is one amongfl many which ftand as powerful exceptions : the great
beauty of this charming plant has induced us to adopt the trivial name it here bears. It has been
introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew by Mr. F. Maflbn, botanical collector to his prefent Majefty;
from whofe liberal patronage the fcience of Botany has of late been brought into fuch general efti-
mation. This fpecies from the downy character of the whole plant, is apt to damp, if not kept in an
airy fituation in winter; though the warmth of a common greenhoufe is quite fufficient for its pro-
tection. It is with difficulty propagated by cuttings; and has not hitherto perfected its feeds in this
kingdom. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered in the nurfery of Meflrs. Lee and
Kennedy, in the year 1796, about the month of Augufl.

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PLATE XVIIL

CORREA ALBA.

White Correa.

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
OCTANDRU MONOGYNU. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quadriden*

tatam, campanulatum, ere&um, perfiftens.
Corolla. Petaia quatuor, oblonga, concava,

apice reflexa, marginibus craffis.
Stamina. Filamenta o&o, ere&a, filiformia,

receptaculo inferta.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fuperum.

Stylus filiformis, longitudine ftaminium.

Stigma obtufum.
Pbbicabfium. Capfula coriacea, lanata, qua-

drilocularia, quadrivalvis.
Semina quatuor, folitaria, fubrotunda.

Empalbment. Cup of one leaf, five-toothed,

bell-ihaped, upright, and permanent.
Blossom. Four petals, oblong, concave, reflexed

at the end, and thick at the edges.
Chives. Eight threads, upright, thread-fliaped,

and fixed into the receptacle.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-ihaped, and above.

Shaft thread-fhaped, the length of the

chives. Summit blunt.
Sbbd-vbssbl. Capfule leathery, and woolly,

four cells, four valves.
Seeds four, folitary, and nearly round.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Correa, foliis fubrotundis, fupra tomentofis, fub-
tus lanigeris; floribus terminalibus, qua-
ternis, albidis.

Correa, with leaves nearly round, downy on the
upper furface, woolly on the under furface;
flowers terminate the branches by fours,
and are white.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. The Chives, and Pointal.

3. A Thread, and Tip, (magnified.)

4. The Shaft and Summit, (magnified.)

The Correa is a native of Port Jackfon, in New Holland, and commonly termed a Botany-bay plant:
it was firft raifed in the year 1793, from feeds which were given by Sir Jofeph Banks, Bart, to J. Vere,
Efq. of Kenfington-gore, and from a plant in whofe collection our figure was taken. It receives its
generic title from Mr. Jofeph Correa de Serra, a native of Portugal; a gentleman of very dimnguiihed
talents as a man of fcience in general, and botany in particular. Of this genus there are as yet but
few fpecies difcovcred j the Alba grows to a^fhrub of the height of four or five feet, woody and tough;
both ftem and leaves are covered with a thick flannelly fubftance, particularly the under fide of the
leaves, which gives the whole plant a whitiih appearance. It continues to flower through the months
of April, May, and June; may be propagated eafily by cuttings, fhould be kept as a hardy greenhoufe
plant> and thrives beft in peat earth.

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PLATE XIX.

GLADIOLUS VERSICOLOR.

Changeable Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRUNDRU MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

GBNERIC
Calyx. Spathae bivalves.
Corolla, fexpartita, ringens. Petala oblonga,
omnia unguibus in tubum connata.

Stamina. Filamenta tria, fubulata, divifuris

alternis petalorum inferta. Antherae ob-

longac.
Pistillum. Germen infenun. Stylus (implex,

longitudine ftaminum. Stigma trifidum

concavum.
Pbbicabpium. Capfola oblonga, obtufa, tri-

locularis, trivalvis.
Sbmina plura, fubrotunda.

SPECIFIC
Gladiolus, foliis lineari-cruciatis; floribus maxi-
mis, verficoloribus.

CHARACTER.

Empalbmbnt. Sheath two valve*.

Blossom, of fix divifions, and gaping. Petals

oblong, having their claws formed into a

tube.
Chivbs. Three awl-thaped threads, fixed into

the alternate divifions of the petals. Tips

oblong.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple, the

length of the chives. Summit cut into

three, and concave.
Sbbd- vessel. Capfule oblong, blunt-ended,

three cells, three valves.'
Sbbds many, nearly round.

CHARACTER.

Gladiolus, w ith linear croft (baped leaves; flowers
very large, and changeable.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.

2. The Pointal, and Seed- bud; one of the divifions of the Summit magnified.

3. A ripe Seed, natural fize, in its tunic.

That colour bears the character given it by Sir Ifaac Newton, our prefent fubjeft (as did the prifm)
adds another proof. The Gladiolus verficolor might, like the camelion, equally be a fubject of con-
tendon, to thofe who have feen its bloflbm at different periods of the fame day; for, ftrange to tell I
it is brown in the morning, and continues to change from that colour till it becomes light blue by
night. During the night it regains its priftine colour; and this change is effected diurnally, whilft
the flower is in its vigour; but upon the decay, the change is lefs powerful, gradually fixing in a
dark brown $ which, however, does not take place in lefs than nine or ten days. This is the only
flower, we have ever noticed, to regain the colour that has once forfook it. A drawing was began
about ten o'clock in the morning, but before it was finished the plant was fo totally altered in colour
that there was an abfoiute neceflity for taking a fecond day to complete it. The bulbs of this plant
were fent from the Cape of Good Hope by J. Pringle, Efq. of Madeira, in ] 7p4, amongft many others,
to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammerfmith, where the drawing was made. It flowers about the
month of Junes is increafed by the root or feed; and thrives beft in peat earth.

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PLATE XX.

ECHIUM GRANDIFLORUM.

Large-flowered Viper's Buglofs.

CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTJNDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Five Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium quinquepartitum, eredum
perfiftens ; laciniis fubulatis ere&is.

Corolla. Monopetala, campanulata. Tubus
breviffimas. Limbos ere&us, fenfim ampli-
atus, quinquefidus obtufus; laciniis faepius
inaequalibus; fuperioribus duabus longiori-
bus, infimis minoribus, acutis, reflexis.
Faux pervia.

Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata, longi-
tudioe corollae, dcclinata, inscqualia. An-
thers oblongae, incumbentes.

Pistillom. Germina qua tuor. Stylus filiformis,
longitudine ftaminum. Stigma obtufum,
bifidum.

Pbkicabpium nullum. Calyx rigidior, in finu
femina fovens.

Sbmina quatuor, rabrotunda,oblique acumenata.

SPECIFIC
Echium, foliis nitidis, lanceolatis, hifpidis;
caule fruticofo; corollis maximis, aequali-
bus, rubris.

Empalement. Cup with five divifions, upright,
permanent; fegments awl-ftiaped, upright.

Blossom. One petal, bell-fhaped. Tube very
fhort. Border gradually widening, with five
clefts, blunt. Segments ofteneft unequal,
the two upper ones the longeft; the lower
ones (mailer, ftiarp, and reflexed. The
mouth open.

Chives. Five threads, awl-ihaped, the length of
the blofibm, declined, and unequal. Tips
oblong, fixed fideways to the threads.

Pointal. Seed-buds four. Shaft thread-fhaped,
the length of the chives. Summit blunt,
and two-cleft.

Seed-vessel none. The cup growing more
harfh, contains the feeds.

Seeds four, roundifh, obliquely tapering.

CHARACTER.

Viper's Buglofs, with mining, lance-ihaped,
hairy leaves; ftem fhrubby; bloffoms very
large, equal, and red.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives.

3. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

4. A ripe feed.

The Echium Grandifiorum is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was fent from thence by Mr. F.
Mafion to the Royal Gardens at Kew, about the year 1791- The fuperior beauty of this fpecies to
the reft of its congenors makes it considered as a valuable greenhoufe plant, although its intrinfic
merit is furficient to enfure it that character j the rich green of its foliage, contra ft ed to the colour of
the blouonis, gives to each a lingular brilliancy. It is rather a tender greenhoufe plant, grows about
two feet high, and becomes naked at the lower part of the ftem; is with difficulty propagated by
cuttings, feldom perfecting its feeds; thrives beft in rich earth, and flowers in April and May. The
drawing was made from a plant in the collection of the Marquis of Blandford, Bill hill, Berks.

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PLATE XXI.

VEREIA C REN ATA.

Scolloped-leaf Vereia.

CLASS VIII. ORDER IV.
OCTANDRIA TETRJGYNIJ. Eight Chives. Four Pointals.

GENERIC
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis

lanceolatis, concavis, ere&is, acutis, per-

fifientibus.
Corolla monopetala, ventricofa; limbus pa-
tens, revolutus quadripartitus; laciniis

ovatis, acuminatis.

Ne&araria quatuor; fingulum fquamula

debilia, minima, fingulo germini ad bafin

cxtrorfam infcrta.
Stamiva. Filamenta o&o, brevia, quoram

quatuor medio, quatuor vero ad bafin

corollas adnafce. Anthers fubrotundas

fimplices.
Pibtillum. Germiria quatuor, oblonga, defi-

nentia in ftylos fubulatos. Stigmata ob-

tufa.
Pbricabpivm. Capfulac quatuor, ovatac acu-

minatse, re&ae, trigonae, longitudinaliter

future introrfum dehifcentes.
Sbmiva plurima minima.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup four leaved, which are

lance-fhaped, concave, upright, fharp-

pointed, and permanent.
Blossom of one leaf, big bellied ; border

fpreading, rolled back, and divided into

four egg-fhaped, pointed fegments.

Honey-cups four, each confifting of a (mall

flight fcale, fixed on the outfide the bafe of

each feed-bud.
Chives. Eight fhort threads, four of which

are fixed to the middle, and four to the

bafe of the bloflbm. Tips nearly round,

and fimple.
Pointal. Four feed-buds, oblong, ending in

awl-fhaped (hafts. Summits blunt.

Sbkd-vesskl. Four capfules, egg-fhaped, ta-
pering, upright and three fided, opening
inwards along the feam.

Seeds many, very fmall.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Vereia, foliis oppofitis, crenatis, patentibus; |i Vereia, with oppofite,fcolloped, fpreading leaves;
racemis longiffimis laxis; floribus luteis. I| very long loofe fpikes, and yellow flowers.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, (natural fize.)

2. A Bloflbm cut open to fhew the fituation of the Chives.

3. The Seed-veflel, Shafts, and Summits, with the fcales of the Honey-cups, as they

Hand in the bloflbm, (magnified.)

4. One Capfule of the Seed-veflel detached.

This genus of Plants muft clafs with Linnaeus s natural order of Succulents, nearly approaching Craf-
fula in habitj but as the Sexual Syftem is the bafis of our theory, we cannot admit it under that or any
other yet defcribed genus; we have therefore named it after James Vere, Efq. long and well known for
his extended and liberal patronage to the profeflbrs and cultivators of the fcience; in whofe beautiful
and fele& collection at Kenfington Gore, the prefent fpecies, has for the firft time, flowered in this
kingdom. Mr. Anderfon the gardener informs us, that this plant is a native of Sierra Leone; from
whence it was fent to England, by Profeuor Eld. Elfzelius, in the year 1793 ; that he has treated it as
a tender hot-houfe plant, keeping it confiantly in the tan bed, by which means he has made it flower;
but from every appearance of the plant, we (hould be led to think the common treatment of hot-houfe
Succulents would anfwer for this. It is eafily propagated by cuttings; grows to the height of three
or four feet, having when in flower the appearance of a middle fized fhrub; blows in the winter
months, and thrives beft in rich mould.

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PLATE XXIL

GOODENIA CALENDULACEA,

Cape Marygold-leaved Goodenia.

CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium quadrifidum, fuperum,

perfiftens.
Cokolla monopetala, fupra longitudinaliter

fifia, genitalia exferens; limbo quinquefido,

fecundo.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, receptaculo in-

ferta. Antherae lineares.
Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus fimplex.

Stigma nrceolatum, cilia turn.
Pbkicakpium. Capfula oblonga, bilocularis,

bivalvis; diflepimento parallelo.

SEMiNAplura, fcabrida.

SPECIFIC
Goodenia, foliis obovatis, crafiis, fcabridis;
floribns axilaribus, caeruleis.

Empalembnt. Cap four-cleft, above, and re-
maining.

Blossom of one leaf, cleft longitudinally on the
upper tide, expofing the organs of fructifi-
cation; border five-cleft, leaning one way.

Chives. Five threads fixed into the receptacle.
Tips linear.

Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple.
Summit pitcher-fliaped, and fringed.

Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong, with two cells,
and two valves; partition parallel to the
valves.

Seeds many and rough.

CHARACTER.

Goodenia with inverfely cgg-fhaped, thick rough
leaves; flowers fitting clofe to the ftem, and
blue.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower with all its parts complete.

2. A Bloflbm without the organs of fructification.

3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud (magnified).

THBGoodenias are all natives of New Holland, and received their generic name of Dr. J. E. Smith,
Prefident of the Linnaean Society; in honour of the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, whofe valuable difiertation
on the BritUh fpecies of Carex, does him the higheft honour, as a botanift. The fpecies of this genus
(as yet difcovcred) are ten, from which we may infer that they are numerous; thofe only yet intro-
duced to Britain are, the laevigata, ovata, and the prefent fpecies; the others are defcribed by the
Prefident, in the fccond volume of the Linnaean Tranfactions. This plant, though not to be ranked
amongft the handfomeft productions of that country, fo replete with novelty, is yet poflefled of fuffi-
cient merit to give it a place in our collections of greenhoufe plants, flowering about the month of
Auguft; delighting mod in an airy fituation, and light foil. It is eafily propagated by cuttings. Our
figure was taken from a plant which flowered at the Hammerfmith nurfery, in 1/97; where it had
beenraifed from feeds, communicated by Colonel Paterfon, then commanding at Port Jackfon; to
whofe afiiduous labours in collecting feeds, &c. the cabinets and collections of our natural hiftorians
are fo very much indebted.

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PLATE XXIII.

IXIA CAPITATA. Far. ovata.
Bunch-flowering Ixia. Far. Egg-Jhaped purple Petals.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6 petala, patens, aqualis. Stigmata II Blossom fix petals, fpreading equal. Summits
3, ere6tiufculo-patula. three, nearly upright, fpreading.

II See Ixia reflexa, Plate XIV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixia, foliis radicalibus, enfiformibus; floribus
capitatis, confertis, purpuras, petalis bafi
obfcuris.

Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and
fword-fliaped; bloflbms in clofe bunches,
purple, and dark at the bafe.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two flieaths of the Empalement.

2. A flower cut open, to fhew the infertion of Chives.

3. The Chives as attached to the tubular part of the bloflbm, the border cut off

(magnified).

4. The Shaft, Summits, and Seed-bud (magnified).

This fine fpecies of Ixia, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was introduced to our collections about
the year 1795, by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, nurferymen; they having raifed it from feeds received
by them, from the Royal Gardens at Vienna; is certainly amongft the tendered of its tribe: the root,
being extremely fubjeft to injury by wet, it mould be dried as foon as it has done flowering. It is
one of the earlieft Ixias in bloom, being in high perfection about the middle of April; is increafed
but flowly by the root, thriving bed in very fandy peat, or fand only. The figure here given was
drawn from a plant which flowered at the nurfery, Hammerimith, in 1798, for the firfl time.

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PLATE XXIV.

CINERARIA AURITA.

Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria.

CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
SYNGENESU POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Empalement. Common, Ample; of many

Calyx. Communis, (implex; polyphyllus; fo-

liolis aequalibus.
Coeolla. Compofita, radiata. Corollulae

hermaphrodite, aequales; numerofae, in

difco. Feminess ligulatae, numero foli-

orum calycis in radio.

Propria hermaphroditi, infundibuliformis;

limbo quinquefido, credo.

Fembua ligulata, lanceolata, apice denticu-

lata.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, filiformia bre-

via. Anthers cylindracea, tubulofa, apice

quinquefida.
Pistillum, hermaphroditis. Germen oblon-

gum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine fta-

minum. Stigmata duo erediufcula.

Fcmhuis: Germen oblongum. Stylus fili-
* formis, brevis. Stigmata duo, oblonga,
obtufiufcula, revoluta.

Pbxicaxpium nullum. Calyx imroutatus.
Sbmina hermapbroditis folitaria, linearia, qua-
drangula. Pappus pilofus, copiofus.

Rbcsttaculum nudum, planiufculum.

SPECIFIC
Cineraria, folits oordatis, dentatis, pilofis, fub-

tus purpurafcentibus; petiolis auritis: flo-

ribus purpureis.

leaves; fmall leaves equal.

Blossom. Compound, radiate. Florets with
chives and pointals equal; numerous in
the centre. Florets with only pointals li-
gulate; equal in number to the leaves in
the circumference of the empalement.
Individuals with chives and pointals funnel -
ihaped; border five cleft, upright.
Individuals with pointals only, ligulate,
lance-lhapedi toothed at the point.

Chives. Five threads, thread-fhaped and fhort.
Tips forming a hollow cylinder, with five
clefts at the top.

Pointal of florets with chives and pointals.
Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-fhaped, the
length of the chives. Summits two, a little
upright.

Of florets with pointals only. Seed-bud ob-
long. Shaft thread-fhaped, and fhort. Sum-
, mit* two, oblong, rather blunt, and rolled
back.

SjfcBD-VBssBL none. Cup not changing.

Seeds of florets with chives and pointals, folitary,
linear and four-fided. Feather, hairy, abun-
dant.

Receptacle naked, rather flat.
CHARACTER.

Cineraria with heart-fhaped, indented, hairy
leaves, purple underneath; the footftalks
having lobes: the flowers purple.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement (natural fize).

2. A floret of the ray (magnified).

3. A floret of the diik (magnified).

4. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud of a floret of the difk (magnified).

In the Sert Anglic, of Monf. L'Heritier, this fpecies of Cineraria has been defcribed and figured
under the fpecific character of Cruenta, from the botanic garden at Kew; where, according to the
catalogue, it was firfl introduced by Mr. F. Maflbn, from the Canary Illands, about 1777; and by
which fpecific it has hitherto been titled : but from what appearance or part of the plant, he could
denominate it bloody, will not be eafy to determine; from our idea of colour, he might as well have
named it blue. Finding, therefore, a fpecific character certainly more fixed in the leaf, we have taken
the liberty of altering Cruenta to Aurita; though that would not have been done, (as nothing is more
contrary to our fentiments, than altering any published name) if there had been any glimpfe of
affinity to the plant in that title. This is unqueflionably the handfomeft fpecies of Cineraria yet
known, growing to the height of near three feet if encouraged. The fpedmen from which this figure
was taken, and which was fent lafl March to the author, by Mr. James Colville, King's road, Chel-
fea, had attained that fize. By night it is extremely fragrant, continuing its blofibms from the month
of February, till Auguft; feeding abundantly, by which it may be propagated, producing many vari-
eties; or by the fuckers which are thrown up from the roots; thriving beft in light mould or peat.

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CAMELLIA JAPONIC A. Far. Flore alio plena.

Double white Camellia.

CLASS XVI. ORDER V.

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MONODELPHIJ POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interi- || Emfalbmbnt tiled, of many leaves: the inner
oribus majoribus. II leaves the largefl.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF VAR.

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Though it may be considered by Some, as deviating from the botanical ride we prescribed to ourfelves,
at the outfet of this work, not to figure any flower, but what could be fyflematically ascertained;
double flowers, &c. having lofl thofe constituent characters neceflary to the Sexual Syftem; yet hav-
ing feen this mofl delightful plant in bloom laft year, the temptation was too powerful to be refilled,
for giving a figure of it in the Botanift's Repository. This fine variety of the Camellia, was firft im-
ported from China about the year 1793, by Captain Connor of the Carnatic Eaft-indiaman, for the
gardens of the late I. Slater, Efq. a gentleman of moft indefatigable fpirit, for the introduction of new
plants to this kingdom; indeed, it is to him we owe moft of the plants received from China within
thefe few years; he having procured a catalogue to be printed of all the defcribed Chinefe plants in
that language, with the descriptions translated, and by various hands tranfmitted it to that country.
The fineft plants in this kingdom, of the double white Camellia, are now in the collection of Sir
Jofeph Banks, Bart. P. R. S. This, like the others of this genus, we may confider of fufficieut hard-
inefs to refill our winters; being a native of the Japanefe ifles, where, as well as in China, it was
feen by Thunberg. As yet (from its fcarcity) that cannot be ascertained; but from the eafy method
by which it is propagated by cuttings, we are in hopes it foon may. It is at prefect cultivated as a
hot-houfe plant, where certainly it will be always feen in the greateft perfection; the flowers being
of fo delicate and brilliant a white, their beauty is eafily deftroyed, even by watering. Flowers in.
the autumnal months, and thrives beft in rich loam.

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PLATE XXVI.

CRASSULA ODORATISSIMA.

Sweet-fcented Crqffula.

CLASS V. ORDER V.
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Five Chives, Five Pointals,

GENERIC
Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum; foliolis

lanceolatis, canaliculato-concavis, erectts,

acutis, coDDiventibas in tubum, perfifien-

tibus.
Coeolla. Fetala quinque, unguibus longis,

linearibus, re&is, conniventibus, reflexo-

patentibus.

Nc&aria quinque; fingulum fquamula

minima, emarginata bafi genninis extror-

fumannexa.
Stamina. FUamcnta quinque, fubulata, Jon*

gitudine tubi, unguibus corolla; inferta.

Anthene fimplices.
Pistillum. Germina quinque, oblonga, acu-
minata, definentia in flylos fubulatos, lon-

gitudine flaminum. Stigmata obtufa.
Peeicaepium. Capfulae quinque, oblongae,

acuminata;, re&se, compreflae, longitudi-

naliter introrfum dehifcentes.
Sxmina plura, parva.

" SPECIFIC
Craflula foliis oppofitis, amplexicaulibus, cili-

atis, linearibus; floribus capita tis, odora-

tiflimis, luteis.

CHARACTER.

Emfalement. Cup of five leaves; the finall
leaves are lance-ihaped, concave and chan-
nelled, upright, fharp, formed into a tube,
and remaining.

Blossom. Petals five, claws long, linear, up-
right, joined together, bent back, and
fpreading. .

Honey-cups five, each confifting of a fmall
fcale notched at the end, and fixed on the
ourfide the bafe of each feed-bud.

Chives. Five threads, awl-fhaped, the length of
the tube, fixed into the claws of the bloflbm.
Tips fimple.

Pointal. Seed-buds five, oblong, pointed, end-
ing in awl-fhaped {hafts, the length of the
chives. Summits blunt.

Seed-vessel. Five capfules, oblong, pointed,
upright, prefled together, and opening in*
wards along the feam.

Seeds, many, fmall.
CHARACTER.

Craflula with oppofite leaves that embrace the
ftem, fringed and linear; the flowers grow
in bunches, are fweet-fcented and yellow.

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3.
4.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

The Empalement.

A Bloflbm cut open to fliew the infertion of the threads.

One Petal of the bloflbm.

The five Pointals as they Hand in the bloflbm, with their honey-cups attached to the

bottom of the Seed-buds.
One Pointal (magnified).

The Craflula Odoratiflima is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was introduced to our gardens about
the year 1794, but did not flower till 1796. The fcent of this plant at night is fo very powerful,
that by many it may be deemed almofl oflenfive, though by others it is considered as mofl agreeable;
the flavour is nearly affined to the tuberofe. This is not a very fliewy plant, growing about a foot
high, and flowers from March, till May or June. It is mofl eafily propagated by cuttings, lives in
the common greenhoufe with very little care, and in almofl any fort of earth. This figure was taken
at Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy's, nurferymen, Hammerfmith, where the plant was firfl raifed.

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GLADIOLUS RINGENS. Far. cinereo odorato.
Gaping AJh- coloured fweet Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-partita, ringens.
Stamina adfcendentia. ,

Blossom fix diviflons, gaping.
Chives afcending.
See Plate XI.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gladiolus foliis linearibus, coftatis; floribus
ringentibus, cineriis, odoratiffimis.

Gladiolus with linear, ribbed leaves; the blof-
foms gaping, afh-coloured, and very fweet-
fcented.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two iheaths of the Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open to expofe the infertion of the Chives.

3. The Pointal (one Summit magnified).

4. A Seed in its coat

This mofl defirable Gladiolus, is not a perfect novelty in the greenhoufe; although extremely fcarce,
it has been introduced to us conftantly from the Cape of Good Hope, but from its great delicacy has
been repeatedly loft: The plants now in England, have been imported from Holland, from the col-
lection of Metifrs. Voorhelm and Co. who about the year 1793, purchafed the largeft collection ever
formed at the Cape, from a Frenchman who had been many years refident there. The Gladiolus
ringens about mid-day has the flavour of violets fo powerfully, that a Angle plant is fufficient to fcent
a whole greenhoufe. It is with difficulty preferred from rotting at the root; therefore would be
grown in very fandy peat, and mould be expofed to dry as foon as the flower is gone. Is propagated
by the root, or by feed, which may be procured by great care not to over- water the bulb after flower-
ing; but herein there is great danger.

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PLATE XXVIIL •

GERANIUM ELEGANS.

Raund-leaved Gerdkiutn.

CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.

Mohootha. Stigmata 5. Frudus roftratus,
5-coccus.

B8SBNTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

OnePoiNTAL. Five Summits* Fruit furniihdd,
with long awns, 5 dry berries.
See Geranium grandiflokum, Hate XII.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Geranium pedunculis mnltifioris; calydbus mo-
nophyllis, foliis orbicularis, ferratis rigidis,
petiolis longiffimis j caule herbaceo.

Geranium, the fruit-flalks fupporting many flow-
ers; cups of one leaf; the reaves round,
fawed, and harfh,with very long fbot-ftalks;
ftem herbaceous. *

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement cut open, to (hew its tubular fhape to its baft.

2. The Chives, and Pointal, natural fize.

3. The Pointal, magnified.

This truly elegant fpecies of Geranium was introduced to us from the Cape of Good Hope, in the
year 1795; being raifed from feeds, received from thence, by Mcflrs. Lee and Kennedy, in whofe
collection it flowered for the firft time this year, about the latter end of May, and from which fpeci-
men this figure was taken. It is one of thofe that have in general feven fertile tips, and, therefore,
mufl be placed under Mr. UHeritier's genus Pelargonium, by thofe who fallow his new arrangement.
It is a hardy plant, and requires only a common greenhoufe for its protection, where it will iced;
which feems to be the readieft mode of propagating it, as it produces but very few branches; thriving
befl in rich earth.

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PLATE XXIX.

I XI A S PIC AT A. Far. viridi nigra.
Sea-green fpiked Ixia.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRLt MONOGYNM. Three Chives. One Pointal.

BSSBNTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER*

Corolla Gpetala, patens, sequalis.
Stigmata 3, ereaiufculo-patula.

Blossom fix petals, fpreading, equal.
Summits three, nearly upright, fpreading,
Sec Ixia rbflrxa, Plate XIV.

8PECIPIC CHARACTER.

Ixia foliis linearibus, coflatis; corolla viridi,
petalis bafi obfeuris; fpicis loDgiffimis.

Ixia with linear, ribbed leaves ; green bloflbm,
the bafc of the petals dark; fpikes very-
long.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATS.
1. The two fheaths of the Empalement.
d. A Bloflbm cut open, to ihew its tubular character, and the infertion of the Chives at the

mouth.
3. The Pointal complete, one of its Summits magnified.

The Angularity of colour exhibited in this very fine fpecies of Ixia, the extraordinary length of the
$ikes, the flowers of which are moftly all expanded at the fame time; and which grow fometimes
to the length of a foot, or more; will certainly entitle it to a place in every colle&ion of exotics.
We are indebted to the Hollanders for this plant, as they firft introduced it from the Cape; and it is
from them we received it but a few years fince. It is amongft the hardieft, and eafieft propagated of
this genus; requiring a fmall degree of heat when near blowing, to make the flowers expand with
luflre; thriving beft in peat earth; propagating itfelf by the bulb; and flowering during the months
of May and June.

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PLATE XXX.

VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLLUS.

Madeira Whortle-berry%

CLASS VIII. ORDER I. .
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Calyx. Perianthium minimum, fuperum, per-

fiftens.
Corolla. Monopetala, campanulata, quadri-

fida; laciniis revolutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, fimplicia. Antherae

bicoraes, dorfo ariftis duabus paten tibus

inftructae, apicc dehifcentes.
Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus fimplex,

ftaminibus longior. Stigma obtufum.
Pericarp! um. Bacca globofe, umbilicata, qua-

drilocularis.
Srmina pauca, parva.

SPECIFIC
Vaccinium, fioribus racemofis; foliis crenulatis,
ovatis, acutis; caule arborco.

CHARACTER.

Emfalrmrnt. Cup very fmall, above, and per-
manent.

Blossom. One petal, bell-fhaped, four-deft;
fegments rolled back.

Chives. Eight threads, fimple. Tips with two
horns, and furnifhed with two fpreading
awns at the back, opening at the points.

Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple,
longer than the drives. Summit blunt.

Seed-vessel. A globular berry, with a hollow
dimple, and four cells.

Seeds few, and fmall.

CHARACTER.

II Whortle-berry, with flowers growing in bunches ;
leaves fltghtly fcollopped, egg-fhaped, and
| pointed; flem woody.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, Pointal, and Chives; the bloflbm removed.

2. A Chive (magnified).

3. The Shaft, and its Summit (magnified).

4. A ripe Berry (natural fize).

Numerous are the difficulties which occur in arranging plants according to any yet invented fyftem?
and although the fexual fails in the feweft inftances, yet that is fometimes the cafe. The plant before
us, although in habit, fruit, &c. feemingly perfectly allied to Vaccinium, and, from which characters,
it has been placed under that genus, yet we doubt whether if Linnaeus had examined the flower him-
felf, (as he has accepted it under the name it here bears, and we have no doubt of its being the plant
intended;) he would not have claused it in Odandria; for certainly it has in every inftance ten chives,
with the border of the bloflbm of five fegments; the threads attached to the bloflbm. But, as it is
the profefled intention of this work as little as poffible to confufe, by the introduction of new names
for plants already known by eftablifhed, and generally accepted ones; though erroneous from incor-
rectnefs, or otherwife, in the author who firft publifhed them; we {hall attempt an alteration but
rarely, and that cautioufly, or for very glaring reafons; being thoroughly convinced of the difficulty
of retaining only one name for each plant. The Vaccinium Arctoftaphyllus is a native of the ifland
of Madeira, where it grows 'to a considerable height: it has not been many years cultivated in our
gardens; having been introduced to us firft by Mr. F. Maflbn about the year 17 86. The winters in
common of this climate are too fevere for it, therefore mould be protected, although it will furvive
a mild one : it is beft preferved in a pot, and kept as a greenhoufe plant, where it is very ornamental ;
flowering about the months of July and Augufl; thriving beft in light mould, or peat; and is pro-
pagated by cuttings, or the feed, which it produces in abundance.

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PLATE XXXI.

BORBONIA CORDATA.

Heart-Jhape leaved Borbonia.

CLASS XVII.
DIJDELPHIJ DECANDRIA.

ORDER IV.

Threads in two fets.

Ten Chives,

GENERIC
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque-

fidum, turbinatum, corolla dimidio bre-

viusj laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, fub-

sequalibus.
Co boll a pentapetala papilionacea.

Vtxillum reflexum, obtufum, ungue calycis

longitudine.

Ale fcmicordatae, vcxillo paulo brevi-

ores.

Carina dipetala, lunula ta, obtufa.

Stamina. Filamenta decern, coalita in cylin-
drum, fuperne longitudinaliterdehifcentcm,
apicibus aflurgentia. Antherse parvae.

Pistillum. Germen fubulatum. Stylus bre-
viffimus, adfeendens. Stigma obtufum,
emarginatum.

Pehicabpium. Legumen fubrotundum, acumi-
natum, uniloculare, fpina mucronatum.

Semina reniformia.

CHARACTER.

Empalembnt. Cup one leaf, cut into five (eg-
ments, turban-lhaped, ihorter by half than
the bloflbm; fegments lance- fhaped, point-
ed, nearly of the fame length.

Blossom of five leaves, butterfly-fhaped.

Standard bent back, blunt, the claw the

length of the cup.

Wings half heart-fhaped, a little ihorter

than the ftandard.

Keel of two leaves, half moon-fhaped, and

blunt.

Chivks. Threads ten, joined in a cylinder,
fplitting at the upper fide, turned up at
the ends. Tips fmall.

Pointal. Seed-bud awl- fhaped. Shaft ftiort,
turned up at the end. Summit blunt, and
bordered.

Seed-vessel. Shell roundifh, pointed, of one
cell, and pointed with a fpine. .

Seeds kidney- fhaped.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Borbonia foliis cordatis, multinerviis, integer- II Borbonia with heart-fhaped leaves, many-nerved,
rimis. || and very entire. «

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. The Standard, or upper petal of the Bloflbm.

3. A Wing, or fide petal of the Bloflbm.

4. The Keel, or lower petals of the Bloflbm.

5. The Pointal and Chives, natural fize.

6. The Seed-veflel, attached to the Empalement.

The Borbonia cordata, with its various fynonyms, may be found in the fecond volume of Linnaeus'*
Species Plantarunf, page 994, from whence our fpecific character is copied. This plant, as well as
moft of the genus, are fubjed to lofe their leaves from the lower part of the ftem, which gives it
rather a naked appearance when not in flower; but that is amply compenfated by the very handfome
appearance of its magnificent bunch of yellow bloflbms. It grows to the height of three or four feet,
producing but few branches. This figure was taken from a plant fent to the author, about the be-
ginning of July, in full bloom, by Mr. Colville, nurferyman, of the King's Road, Chelfea; who informs
him that he raifed it about the year 1795, from feeds which he had received from the Cape of Good
Hope. The Borbonias are mofUy hardy greenhoufe plants, and delight in light earth; either peat, or
very light dungy earth: they are in general difficult to propagate by cuttings $ the fureft method is
toy the feed, which they for the moft part perfed in this climate.

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ANTHOLYZA RINGENS.

Gaping Antholyza.

CLASS III. ORDER I.-
TRUNDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. OnePointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

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Calyx. Spathae bivalves, alternate, flores dif-

tinguentes, perfiftentes.
Corolla. Petalum unicum e tubo fenfim di-

latatum in fauoem corapreflam, ringentem.
Stamina. Filamenta tria, longa, tenuia, fub-

labio fupcriori. Anthers acuta.

Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus filifor-
mis, fitu et longitudine ftaminum fuperi-
oranK Stigma trifidum, capillare, reflex-
um.

Pbricarpium. Capfula fubrotunda, trilocula-

ris, trivalvis.
Sbmina plura, triangularia. -

Empalbmbnt. Sheath of two valves, alternate,
dividing the flowers, and abiding.

Blossom. One petal, widening in the tube,,
flattened at the mouth, and gaping.

Chives. Three threads, long, thin, and placed
under the upper lip of the bloflbm. Tips
(harp.

Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-
fhaped, in the fame place, and of the fame
length of the upper chives. Summit cut
into three hair-like divifions, which are
bent back.

Sbed-vessel. Capfule nearly round, three cells,
three valves.

Seeds many, triangular.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Antholyza corolla labiis divaricatis; fauce com-

preflsu

Antholyza with the lips of the bloflbm in vari-
ous directions; the mouth flattened.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1* The Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open, to {hew the infertion of the Chives.

3. The Pointal (natural fize).

Although this fpecies of Antholyza is not new in our gardens, yet has it been feen in flower but by
few, as it blows fo feldom; though the roots are by far the largeft of any of the genus. The bulb
from which this figure was taken, had received a little affiflance from heat early in the feafon, and
by that means was (apparently) brought into flower. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, has
much the appearance of a common flag in the foliage, growing to the height of three feet, or more;
requires the fame earth as Ixias, propagates by the root, or feed, and flowers in the month of June;
at which time a drawing was made from a plant then in bloom at the Hammerfmith nurfery.

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PLATE XXXIII.

DIOSMA LATIFOLIA.

Broad-leaved Diofma.

CLASS V. ORDER L
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointed.

GENERIC

Calyx. Perianthium quinquepartitum; laciniis

tenuibus, acutis, perfiftentibus; bafi plana.

Corolla. Petala quinque, ovata, obtufa, fef-
filia, ere&o-patula.

Ne&arium coronae forma, excavatum, quin-
quefidum, obtufum, germini impofitum.

Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata. An-
thers fubovatae, ere&se.

Pistillum. Germcn coronatum ne&ario. Sty-
lus fimplex, longitudine ftaminum. Stigma
obfoletura.

Pbbicabfium. Capfulae quinque, ovato-acumi-
natae, comprefTae, margine introrfum coali-
tae, apicibus diftantes, futura fuperiori de-
hifcentes.

Sbmina folitaria, oblonga.

Arittus elafticus, hinc dehifcens; fingulum
involve™ femen.

SPECIFIC
Diofma, foliis oppofitis, ferratis, ovalibus, la-
tiffimisj floribus terminalibus, albidis, fef-
filibus.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup of four divifions; fegments
thin, fharp, and permanent; fmooth at the
bafe.

Blossom. Five petals, egg-fhape, blunt, fitting
clofe, ere&, and open.
Honey-cup crown-fhaped, hollow, with five
divifions, blunt, fixed on the feed-buds.

Chives. Five threads, awl-fhaped. Tips nearly
egg-fhaped, upright.

Pointal. Seed-bud crowned by the honey-
cup. Shaft fimple, the length of the chives.
Summit blunt.

Seed-vbssbl. Five capfules, egg-fhaped, point-
ed, flattened, joined together by the inn*-
edge, the points {landing apart, fplitting
at the upper future.

Seeds folitary, oblong.

Seed-coat elaftic, fplitting from hence, and
inclofing a fingle feed.

CHARACTER.

Diofma with oppofite leaves, fawed, oval, and
very broad; flowers terminal, white, and
fitting dofe to the branches.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A BlofTom complete.

2. The Chives and Pointal, with the furrounding Seed-buds and Honey-cups.

3. The Pointal, natural fize, with the Empalement attached.

4. The fame magnified.

5. A Seed taken from its coat.

There are few genera of plants more deferving our notice than Diofma; the fragrance of the leaves
of moft of the fpecies, and the beauty of the flowers of others, has rendered them fo common, (being
eafily propagated by cuttings) that few collections but have a number of the different fpecies. They
are all very hardy greenhoufe plants, the prefent fpecies excepted ; this, requiring a dry fituation, and
rather more warmth than the reft. It was fent to the royal gardens at Kew, about the year 1791 , by
Mr. F. Maffon, to whofe induftry botany Hands fo much indebted. Of all the Diofmas this is the
higheft grower, afpiring to three or four feet, or more, if encouraged; delights in peat earth, and
flowers about the month of Auguft.

PLATE XXXIV.

CHE LONE RUELLIOIDES.

Scarlet Chelone.

CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
DlDYNJMU ANG10SPERMIA. Two ChiveS longer. Seeds covered.

GENERIC
Calyx. Ferianthium monophyllum, quinque-
partitam, breviflimum, perfiftens; laciniis
ere&is, ovatis.
Corolla monopetata, ringens; tubus cylin-
draceus,breviffimus; faux inflata, oblonga,
fupra convexa, infra plana ; limbus claufus
parvus 5 labium fuperius obtufum, emargi-
natum; limbus inferius cum iuperiori fere
aequale, laevifiime trifidum.
Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, fub dorfo corolla?
recondita, quorum duo lateralia paulo Ion •
giora; antherae incumbentes.

Rudimentum quinti filamenti, mucronis
inftar, intra fuperius ftaminum par.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus filifor-

mis, fitu, et longitudine ftaminum. Stigma

obtufum.
P^eicarpium. Capfula ovata, bilocularis, calyce

longior.
Semina plurima, fab rotunda, margine mem-

branaceo cinema.

SPECIFIC
Chelone foliis inferioribus fpathulatis, glabris;

fuperioribus lanceoktis, oppofitis; corollis

cerauis, coccineis; labiis inferioribus bar-

batis.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup one leaf, five divifions very
fhort, permanent; fegments upright and
egg-fhaped.

Blossom. One petal, gaping; tube cylindrical,
very fhort; mouth fwelled, oblong, round-
ed on the upper, and flat on the lower part;
border (hut, and fmall; upper lip blunt,
bordered; lower lip nearly as long as the
upper, (lightly divided into three at the end.

Chives. Threads four, hid under the upper
part of the bloffom; of which the two fide
ones are a little longer than the others. Tips
fixed fideways to the threads.
The rudiment of a fifth thread, like a {harp
point is placed equal with, and between the
upper chives.

Potntal. Seed- veflel egg-fhaped. Shaft thread,
fhaped, of the fame length, and place as the
chives. Summit blunt.

Seed-vessel, Capfule egg-fhaped, two cells
longer than the empalement.

Seeds many, nearly round, bound at the edge
by a thin (kin.

CHARACTER.

Chelone with fpathulate, fmooth leaves on the
lower part of the ftem; and lance-fhaped,
oppofite ones on the upper; bloflbms hang-
ing down, and fcarlet; the lower lips bearded.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Leaf from the lower part of the Stem.

2. The Empalement.

3. A Bloffom cut open, to fhew the fituation of the Chives, and the imperfect rudiments of a fifth.

4. The Seed-veflel, and Pointal, (natural fize).

The Chelone Ruellioides is a native of Chili, South America, and was introduced to the royal gardens
at Kew in the year 1793, by Mr. Boutelow, the fon of the gardener to the King of Spain, who was
then in England pursuing his botanical ftudies. It is (apparently) a hardy plant, and fit to endure
the open borders, but, as yet, we have not had a fufficient trial to afcertain it; hitherto it has been
treated as a greenhoufe plant. Being herbaceous, it is propagated by parting the roots, which fhould
be done in fpring, about the month of March. The proper feafon of its flowering cannot well be
determined, as it has undergone fuch various treatment. The plant from which this figure was made
was in full bloom at the gardens of G. Hibbert, Efq. Clapham, in the month of June 1797, where it
was feen to flower, for the firft time in this country. The foil it feems to thrive in mod, is a compo-
fition of loam, and rotten dung.

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PLATE XXXV.

IXIA CRISPIFOLIA. Far. fore caruleo.
Crifped-leaved Ixia. Blue Variety.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Cokolla 6-petala, patens, aequalis. Stigmata 3, It Blossom fix petals, fpreading equal. Summits
erediufculo-patula. three, nearly upright, and fpreading.

II See Ixia rbflexa, Plate XIV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixia foliis crispis} fcapus ramofus, fiexuofus* II Ixia with crifped leaves; flower-ftem branched,
fpitharoseus; floribus fub-umbellatis, caeru- waved, and a fpan high ; flowers grow in

leis. II partial umbels, and are blue.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1 . The two Sheaths of the Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open, to fhew the infertion of the Chives.

3. A Chive (magnified).

4. The Pointal, one of the divifions of the Summit detached, and magnified.

This Angular fpedes of Ixia, is one amongft the many given by the Dowager Lady De Clifford to
Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy Hammerfmith, in the year 1794} at which time, her ladyfhip had juft
received the bulbs in a prefent from the Cape. It is defcribed by Thunberg, in his Diflertatio de Ixia,
publilhed in 1783. The root of this plant is of a moft curious fhape, having the appearance of being
the half, rather than the whole} it is very delicate, is eafily defiroyed by moifture, therefore (except
when in flower) ihould be kept very dry} it propagates by the root, the old one generally producing
two j flowering about the month of June, or July, but requires the warmth of a moderate hothoufe to
expand its bloflbms. Like other Cape bulbs, it ihould be planted in fandy peat.

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PLATE XXXVL

RHODODENDRON PUNCTATUM.

Dotted-leaved Rhododendron.

CLASS X. ORDER I.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla rotato-infundibu-
liformis. Stamina dcclinata. Capfula 5-
locularis.

Empalbmbnt of five divifions. Bloflbm of a
rounded funnel-ihape. Chives bent down-
ward. Capfule of five cells.
See Rhododendron Dauricum, Plate IV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Rhododendron foliis glabris, fubtus pundatis; II Rhododendron with fmooth leaves, dotted on the
viminibus laxis; corollis crifpis, violaceo- II under part; (lender loofe branches; blof-

purpureis. || foms crifped, and of a blueifh purple.

REPERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Bloflbm.

2. The Chives, and Pointal (natural fize); one tip detached (magnified).

3. The Seed-veflel, and Pointal, (natural fize).

It is to the indufirious refearches of J. Frafier, nurferyman, of the King's Road, Chelfea, we are"
indebted for this charming fpecies of Rhododendron, who introduced it in the year 1792 from the
back fettlements of Carolina, North America, where it is native. This fpecies is by far the mod
delicate of any yet difcovered on that continent; grows to the height of three, or four feet, and of
fufficient hardinefs to ttfifi our winters in the open ground; a flight protection infures its flowering,
as our late frofts are apt to injure the buds, which are very often without that affiftance deflroyed.
The bcft method of propagating this fhrub is by layers, which fhould be taken off in autumn, and
prote&ed the firft winter. It flowers about the month of July, at which feafon this year a drawing
was made from a plant, in the nurfery of Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith. It (like moft American
plants) delights in fiuidy peat.

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PLATE XXXVII.

GERANIUM FRAGILE.

Brittle-ftalked Geranium.

CLASS XVI. ORDER II.
MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Monogyna. Stigmata 5. Fruftus roftratus,
5-coccus.

Okb Pointal. Summits five. Fruit fumifhed
with long awns, five dry berries.
See Geranium Grandiflorum, Plate XII.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Geranium foliis carnofis, pinna tis; caulis fruti-
cofus, ramofus, fragilis; petalis linearibus,
pedunculis ere&is.

Geranium with flefliy winged leaves 5 ftem
fhrubby, branched and brittle; petals Knear,
fruit-flalks upright.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement cut open, to fhew its tubular fhape to its bafe.

2. The Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize).

3. The Pointal, (magnified).

The Geranium fragile has in general feven fertile tips, and thus comes under Linnaeus's firft arrange-
ment; and Monf. L'Heritier's Genus Pelargonium. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was
introduced by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy in the year 179$. This plant feldom grows more than a foot
high, but during the months of July, Auguft, and September, it is covered with bloflbms, which are
of a pale yellow, ftriped at the bottom with red, ftanding nearly upright. It is rather a tender plant,
requiring a dry ftove, or hothoufe, to preferve it in winter, being very fubje& to damp in the leaves;
is eafily propagated by cuttings, and thrives beft in rich mould.

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PLATE XXXVIII.

GLADIOLUS PRECOX. Far. Jlore rubro.
Red early -flowering Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRUNDRU MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-partita, ringens.
Stamina adfcendentia.

Blossom fix divifions, gaping..
Chivbs afcending.

See Plate XI. Gladiolus rosbus.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gladiolus foliis enfiformibus, apictbus tortis,
lineari-cruciatisj corollis fub-campanula-
tis, rubris; petalis acuminata.

Gladiolus with fword-lbaped leaves, twitted at
the ends, linear, and crofs-fhaped; bloflbms
nearly bell-fhaped, and red) petals £barp-
pointed.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives.

3. The Pointal, one of the Summits magnified.

4. A Seed.

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Of all the fpecies of this numerous Genus, this is the firft to expand its bloflbms, feldom flowering
later than April} is extremely hardy, fcarce requiring the warmth of a greenhoufe for its protection,
although a native of the Cape. About the year -1791, the bulbs of this plant were purchafed of
Mefli*. Voorhelm, and Co. of Haarlem, in Holland, by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, at
whofe nurfery it has repeatedly flowered, and where this figure was taken. It is propagated by the
root, as other Gladiolus, and requires the fame earth, a light fandy peat.

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PLATE XXXIX.

ECHIUM FEROCISSIMUM.

Prickly Viper's Buglofs.

CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla irregularis, fauce nuda. || Blossom irregular, mouth naked.

II See Echium grandiflorum, Plate XX.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Echium caule fruticofo; ramis, foliifque acu.
leads; floribus fpicatis, violaceis; corollis
fub-sequalibus.

Viper's Buglofs, with a (brubby Hem; branches
and leaves covered with fharp prickles;
flowers growing in fpikes, and violet co-
loured; bloflbms nearly equal.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open, to fhew the infertion of the Chives in the tube.

3. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.

Although there are few fpecies of this genus, but are rough, or hairy; yet this by far exceeds any of
them, or almoft any other plant not actually fpiny, for its extreme coarfenefs to the touch ; never*
thelefs it is a very handfome fhewy greenhoufe plant, growing to the height of two feet, and blowing
freely. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy
in 1794; at whofe nurfery it flowered for the firft time, this year, in the month of July. The only
method of propagating the Cape Echiums is by cuttings, and that is done with great difficulty; of
courfe, this, as well as the .other fpecies, are very fcarce: they delight moil in rich light mould.

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PLATE XL.

CHELONE CAMPANULOIDES.

Bell-flowered Chelone.

CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 5-partitus. Rudimentum filament! quinti
inter fuprema ftamina. Capfula bilocula-
ris.

Empalbmbnt of five divifions. The rudiment
of a fifth thread is found placed between
the upper chives. Capfule of two cells.
See Plate XXXIV. Chblonb Ruellioidbs.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Chelone foliis oppofitis, fcflilibus, acuroinatis, II Chelone with oppofite leaves fitting clofe to the
profunde ferratis; corollis campanulatis, ftem, tapering to the point, and deeply

purpureis. II fa wed 3 bloffoms bell-fhaped, and purple.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Bloflbm cut open, to fhew the fituation of the four Chives, and ftation of the fifth imperfed

thread.

2. The Pointal, (natural fize).

3. The Sced-vefiel, with the Empalement and Shaft mil remaining attached.

This fpecies of Chelone is of the fame date in our gardens as the Chelone Ruellioides, and was intro.
duced through the fame medium: it is a native of Mexico in South America \ will make a pretty
addition to our greenhoufe exotics 5 and is defcribed and engraved by A. J. Cavanilles, in his firft volume
of Spanifh plants. It feems to thrive beft in rich, dungy earth, and is eafily propagated by cuttings,
or feeds 5 of which latter it produces abundance; but does not appear to be long lived. The plant
from which this figure was taken, flowered (as we fuppofe for the firft time in England) in the col-
lection of B. Robertfon, £fq. of Stockwell in Surry, and kindly communicated by him to the author.

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PLATE XLI.

LACHENALIA PENDULA.

Drooping-Jlowered Lachenalia.

CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives- One Pointal.

GENERIC

Calyx, nullua.

Cokolla monopetala, cylindracea, fexpartitaj

tubus gibbus; laciniis tribus exterior! bus

brevioribus.
Stamina. Filamenta fex, fubulata, longirudine

corollae, inferta bail lacitiiarum corolla;.

Antherac oblongae, incumbentes.

Fistillum. Germen trigonum, trifulcum. Sty-
lus fimplex, corolla paulo longior. Stigma
obtufum.

Pericarpium. Capfula triquetra, trilocularis,
trivalvis.

Sbmina plurima, globofa.

CHARACTER.

Empalement, none.

Blossom one leaf, cylindrical, divided into fix;
tube gouty; the three outer divifions the
fhorteft.

Chives. Threads fix, awl-fhaped, the length of
the bloflbm, fixed into the bafe of the divi-
fions of the bloflbm. Tips oblong, laying
on the threads.

Pointal. Seed-bud three-fided, three-furrowed.
Shaft. fimple, a little longer than the blof-
forai. Summit blunt.

Seed- vessel. Capfule three-fided, three cells,
three valves.

Seeds many, globular.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Lachenalia foliis longiffimis, ovato-oblongis, im-
maculatis; corollis fpeciociflimis, maximis,
tricoloratis, pedunculatis, cernuis.

Lachenalia with very long egg-fhaped oblong
leaves, without fpots; blofToms very fhewy,
large, three-coloured, having foot-ftalks,
and nodding.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower fpread open, to fhew the infertion of the Chives.

2. The fame, exhibiting the character of the outer Petals.

3. The Pointal, natural fize.

The genus Lachenalia is certainly an infringement on Hyacinthus; the fmall diftin&ion on which this
new genus is founded can, at raoft, be confidered but of fufficient confequence to form a fpecific cha-
racter, fo thought Linnaeus: the fon of Profefibr Jacquin has thought otherwife, having called it after
a botanift of the name of De la Chenal ; and under which it is now. generally known; therefore we
have not replaced it under its old title, though we have authority of fuch weight to corroborate our
opinion. The Lachenalias are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, yet are of fo hardy a nature as to
require no farther protection than fhelter from the fevere f rolls. Our fpecies is the handfomefl yet
known, flowering about September; was, according to the Kew catalogue, introduced there by Mr.
F. Maflbn in the year 1774. It was from a plant in the extenfive colle&ion of G. Hibbert, Efq. Clap-
ham Common (to whofe kind communications the author acknowledges himfelf much indebted), that
this figure was taken, the latter end of September this year. No plant is more eafy or certain to in-
creafe than this; the young offsets are produced in fuch abundance from the old bulb, which delights
in a light foil; but its flowering is not fo certain.

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PLATE XLII.

ORCHIS CILIARIS.

Fringed Orchis.

CLASS XX. ORDER I.
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.

GENERIC
Calyx. Spathae vagae. Spadix fimplex. Peri-

anthium nullum.
Corolla. Petala quinque; tria exteriora; duo

interiora furfum conniventia in galeam.

Ne&arium monophyllum, a latere inferiore
inter divifuram petalorum receptaculo af-
fixum. Labio fuperiore ere&o, breviffimo.
Labio inferiore magno, patente, lato. Tubo
poftice corniformi, nutante.

Stamina. Filamenta duo, tenuiffima, breviffi-
ma, piftillo infidentia. Antherse obovatae,
erectae, te&ae duplicatura biloculari labii
fuperioris nectarii.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum, contortum, in-
ferum. Stylus adnatus labio fuperiori nee-
tarii, breviuimus. Stigma comprefTum, ob-
tufum.

Pericarpium. Capfula oblonga, unilocularis,
tricarinata, trivalvis; fub carinis trifariara
dehifcens, apice et bafi cohaerens.

Semina numerofa, minima.

SPECIFIC
Orchis radicibus fubpalmatis, expanfis; ne&arii

labio lanceolate, ciliato, cornu torto, lon-

giffimo; floribus luteis.

CHARACTER.

Empalbment. Sheaths fcattered. Fruit-ftalk
fimple. Cup none.

Blossom. Petals five; three outer ones; two
inner ones approaching upwards in form? of
a helmet.

Honey-cup one leaf, fixed by the lower fide
to the receptacle betwixt the divifion of the
petals. Upper lip upright, and very fhort.
Lower lip large, fpreading, broad. Tube
{landing behind, fhaped like a horn, and
hanging down.

Chives. Two threads, very (lender, and very
fhort, fixed on the pointal. Tips inverlely
egg-fhaped, upright, covered by a folding
of the upper lip of the honey-cup, forming
two cells.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, twifted, and be-
neath. Shaft fixed to the upper lip of the
honey-cup, very fhort. Summit flattened,
and blunt-ended.

Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong, of one cell, three
keels, three valves; fplitting in three places
under the keels ; fattened at the point, and
the bafe.

Seeds numerous, very fmall.
CHARACTER.

Orchis with roots nearly hand-fhaped, fpread-
ing ; lip of the honey-cup lance-fhaped, and
fringed, horn twifted, very long; flowers
yellow.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
The Honey-cup with its Horn.
The upper Petal.
A fide Petal.
One of the inner Petals.

The Chives, and Pointal attached to the horn of the Honey-cup.
The Chives, and Pointal, magnified; with the Chives drawn from their cells.

This handfome Orchis is a native of North America, and is found in all the dates from Virginia as
far north as Canada : it has been treated of by Ray, Morifon, Gronovius, Royen, Linnaeus, and others;
but although fo long known by name, it was not introduced to our gardens before the year 1JQ6 ;
having been fent that year from Philadelphia by Mr. J. Lyons, from the gardens of J. Hamilton, Efq.
to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith; at whofe nurfery it flowered this year, in the month of
July, when the drawing was made. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, thriving beft in a ihady border,
and fhould be planted in a mixture of loam and peat earth. The propagation of this plant, like moft
of the genus, is difficult, the feeds being too fmall to be collected, and the root feldom producing more
than one bud.

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PLATE XLIII.

BIGNONIA LEUCOXYLON.

Oleander-jlowered Trumpet Flower.

DIDYNAM1A

CLASS XIV.
ANGIOSPERMIA.

ORDER IT.

Two Chives longer.

Seeds covered.

GENERIC

Calyx. Perianthium roonophyllum, eredtum,
cyathi-forme, quinquefidum.

Corolla monopetala, campanulata; tubas mi-
nimus, longitudine calycis; faux longiffima,
fubtus ventricofa; limbus quinque partitus;
laciniis duabus fuperioribus reflexis; inferi-
oribus patulis.

Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, fubulata, corolla
breviora, quorum duo reliquis longiora.
Antherae reflexae, oblongae, vclut dupli-
cate.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum. Stylus fili-
formis, fitu et figura ftaminum. Stigma
capita turn.
Pericaepium. Siliqua bilocularis, bivalvis.

Semi n a plurima, imbricata, comprefla, utrinquc
membranaceo alata.

SPECIFIC
Bignonia foliis digitatis; foliolis integerrirois,
ovatis, acuminatis; caule credo, arboreo;
floribus nerii; alato femine.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup one leaf, upright, cup-
fhaped, and cut into five divifions.

Blossom of one bell -fhaped petal; tube fmall,
the length of the cup; mouth very long,
fwelled at the bottom j border of five divi-
fions; the two upper fegments reflexed, the
lower ones fpreading.

Chives. Threads four, awl-fhaped, fhorter than
the blofTom, two of which are longer than
the others. Tips bent back, oblong, and
appear doubled.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-
(haped, of the fame fituation and fhape as
the chives. Summit beaded.

Seed-vessel. Pod of two cells, and two valves.

Seeds many, laying one over the other, flat, and
winged at each fide.
CHARACTER.

Trumpet Flower with fingered leaves; the fmall
leaves entire, egg-fhaped, tapered ; item up-
right, growing to a tree; with flowers like
the oleander; feed winged.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE,
j . The Empalement.

2. A BlofTom cut open, {hewing the proportionate length of the Chives to the BlofTom, and their

infertion; one of the Tips detached, and magnified.

3. The Pointal, (natural Gze) ; the Summit detached, and magnified.

This fpecies of Bignonia is well known in mod collections of hothoufe plants, and was firft introduced
to the Chelfea gardens by Mr. P. Miller, the then gardener, in 1/59, and may be found defcribed in
his Dictionary; but, notwithstanding its frequency, few hare feen its bloffoms. Owing to the naked
appearance of the ftem, and its growing to fo confiderable a height before it flowers, and that but
rarely, has rendered it a plant but of litfle con fi deration; though perhaps, from the great beauty of
its bloflbms, it deferves more attention. Being a native of the Weft Indies, it does not fiourifh without
tbe affiftance of tan heat; but will live in any fituation of the hothoufe; thriving beft in a mixture
of loam and peat, and is readily propagated by cuttings. It was from a plant in the feleft and valuable
collection at Paddington, belonging to the Hon. Dowager Lady De Clifford (to whom the author, as well
as all the cultivators and profeflbrs of the fcience, Hand much indebted for the zeal and patronage
which her ladyfhip has {hewn, in her endeavours to promote it), that this figure was taken in July
this prefent year 179®.

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IXIA CINNAMOMEA.

Cinnamon-frnelling Ixia.

CLASS III. ORDERJ.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

B8SENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla 6-pctala, patens, aequalis. Stigmata Blossom fix petals, fpreading, and equal. Sum-

tria, ere&iufculo patula.

mits three, nearly upright, fpreading.

See Ixia reflexa, Plate XIV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixia foliis falcatis, crifpis; floribns alternis, nodi-
florens, cinnamomi odore.

Ixia with fcimitar-ihaped leaves, waved at the
edge ; flowers alternate, blowing at night,
and fmelling of cinnamon.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.

3. The Chives, attached to the tubular part of the Bloflbm, the border cut off, (magnified).

4. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).

Amongst this moft extenfive genus no fpecies Hands more diftind than this. The extreme fweetnefs
and delicacy of its bloflbms, which expand only by night, and dofe in the morning, give it a decided
I fuperiority over many of its congeners. Thunberg, who few it at the Cape, has defcribed it under

[ the name it here bears; but till the year 17p2 we had no knowledge of it, when it was firft intro-

duced by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfinith, from the Cape of Good Hope; at whofe nurfery
it flowered the following year; where it continues to blow annually, and whence this figure was taken.
It is rather a tender bulb, fxnall, and eafily rotted ; ihould therefore be placed in the warmeft part of
the greenhoufe, and kept dry when out of flower; is rather difficult to increafe, as each bulb feldom
produces more than one offtet, nor that always, and rarely feeds.

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PLATE XLV.

IRIS LONGIFOLIA.

Long-leaved Iris.

CLASS' III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Calyx. . Spathae bivalves, flores diftinguentes,

perAflentes.
Corolla fexpartita; petala oblonga, obtufa,
tria exteriora reflexa, tria interiora ere&a,
acutiora; omnia unguibos conata.

Stamina. Filamenta tria, fubulata, petalis re-
flexis incumbentia. Antherae oblongs,
rectat, depreflae.

Pibtillum. Germen inferum, oblongum. Sty-
los fimplcx, breviflimus. Stigma maximum,
'tripartitum, laciniis petala mentientibus,
latis, reflexis, ftamina et petala alterna de-
primentibns, apicibus bifidis.

Pericarpium. Capfula oblonga, angulata, tri-
locularis, trivalvis.

Semina plurima, ovata, glabra.

CHARACTER.

Emfalembnt. Sheatbs of two valves, feparat-
ing the flowers, permanent.

Blossom with fix diviflons; petals oblong, blunt,
the three outer ones reflexed, the three in-
ner ones upright, and warper; all connected
m bj the claws.

Chives. Threads three, awl-ihaped, laying on
the reflexed petals. Tips oblong, Araight,
deprefled.

Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, oblong. Shaft
Ample, very fliprt. Summit very large, di-
vided into, three fegments, refembling petals,
broad, bent back, and alternately preffing
down the chives and petals, cleft at the ends.

Seed- vessel. Capfule oblong, angular, of three
cells, and three valves.

Seeds many, egg-fhaped, and ftnooth.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Iris foliis linearibus, canalionlatis, longiflimis,
glaucis; fcapus teres, multiflorus; radix
bulbofus.

Iris with linear, channelled leaves, very long, and
bluifh; flower-flem cylindrical, with many
flowers; the root bulbous.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

I. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
2. -The Chives as attached to the Seed-bud.
3. The Pointal complete. #

This Iris is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced to us from the collection of
MefTrs. Voorhelm and Schnevoght, of Haarlem in Holland, about the year 17JJ2. The leaves of this
delicate Iris grow fometimes to the length of three feet, giving it a very Angular appearance: it
fhould be treated like the Cape Ixias, and protected from the weather, whilft in bloom, as the flower
is injured by the lighteft wind, and the duration of each bloflbm is but a few hours; there is, however,
a good fucceffion, which jife diurnally from the fame (heath, feldom more than one at a time. This
figure was taken in the month of June 1797, at the Hammerfmith nurfery. It has a Angular mode
of propagating itfelf ; the old root dying, two young ones are formed above it, from whence the flower-
flem arifes: feldom ripe feeds are produced.

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MASSONIA VIOL ACE A.

Purple-flowered Mqffbma.

CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Calyx, nullus.
Corolla fex-petala. Petala nectario impofita,

lanceolata, patentia.

Ne&arium inferum, cylindricum, membra-

naceum.
Stamina. Filamenta fex, nectarii dentibus in-

ferta, filiformia dcclinata, petalis paalo Ion-

giora. Antherae ovatx.

Pistillum. Germen (refpectu nectarii) fupe-
rom. Stylus fubulatus, declinatus, longitu-
dine, ftaminum. Stigma* fimplex, acu-
tum.

Pericakpium. Capfula triquetra, glabra, tri-
locularis, trivalvis, angulis dehifcens.

Ssmika plurima, globofa, glabra, magnitudine
feminum finapios.

SPECIFIC

MaiTonia, foliis fpathulatis, glabris; fcapus fili-

formis, erectus, bipollicaris; flores pedun-

culati, violacei, fparfi, pedunculi uni-

£ori.

CHARACTER.

Em pa lbm ent none.

Blossom fix-petals. Petals placed on the honey-
cup, are lance-fhaped and fpreading.
Horny-cup beneath, cylindrical and ikinny.

Chives. Six threads, fixed into the teeth of the
honey-cup, tbread-fhaped, bent downward,
and a little longer than the petals. Tips
egg-fhaped.

Pointal. Seed-bud (with regard to the honey-
cup) above. Shaft awl-ihaped, and bent
downward the length of the chives. Sum-
mit fimple, and pointed.

Seed-vessel. Capfule three-fided, and fmooth,
of three cells and three valves, fplitting at
the angles.

Seeds many, globular, fmooth, the fize of a muf-
tard feed.

CHARACTER.

Maflbnia with fpatula-fhaped, and fmooth leaves;

J|ower-ftalk thread-fhaped, upright, two

* inches high $ the Bowers have foot-ftalks,

are of a violet colour, and grow fcattered;

the foot-ftalks have each but one flower.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower complete.

2. The fame cut open, to {hew the infertion of the Chives.

3. The Pointal.

This genus of plants perpetuates the name, as a botanift, (would it could likewife the mild, unaflum-
ing, and univerfally allowed amiablenefs of character) of Mr. Francis Maffon, botanical collector to
his Majeftyj now exploring the untrod regions of North America, to add to the extenfive collections
of his royal and munificent Mafter, which ftand fo much indebted to his indefatigable indufby for
their prefent fplendour. The Maflbnias are all rather tender, and require the fame fituation as -
Hsemanthus &c; that is, a dry ftovcj they are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, or, at leaft, grow
within that point of Africa generally fo called, but at fome diftance from the Cape town, near a
mountain (according to yhunberg) of the name of Bocklands Berg. The root of this fpecies is very
fubjeet to rot when the leaves are decayed, if watered at that time; therefore, like the Ixias, (hould
be put afide, or taken out of the pot for two or three months, after flowering. It is very difficult to
propagate, as the feeds are feldom perfected, and rarely makes any offsets-, flowering in September;
. about the beginning of which month this figure was taken, from a plant in the collection of G.
Hibbert, Efq. Clapham Common. It appears to thrive belt in a mixture of peat and fandy loam.

PLATE XLVII.

MUSA COCCINEA.

Scarlet -flowered Plantain-tree.

CLASS XXIII. ORDER I.
POLYGAMIA MONOCCIA. Various difpofitions. Upon one Plant.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Hermaphroditi femtnei flares.

Calyx. Spatha partialis ovato-oblonga, plano-

concava, magna.
Corolla inaequalis, ringens; petalo conftitu-

ente labium fnperius, ne&ario vero labium

inferius.

Pctahtm ere&um, ligulatum, quinqucdcn-

tatum, baii antice connivens.

NecJarium monophyllum, navicularc, petalo,

brevius, intra finum petali infertum.
Stamina. Filamenta rex, fubulata ereda, pe-
talo dimidio breviora. Anther* abortivfe.
Pi still vn. Germen infra reoeptaculum floris,

maximum, longiffimum. Stylus eredus,

longitudine petali. Stigma capitatum, fub-

rotundum.
Pbeicabpium. Bacca carnofa, corio teda,

longifiima, pulpa trifariam, abfque difle-

pimentis.
Semina plurima, globofa.

Hermaphroditi mafculi flora.

Calyx ut in feminaeo.

Corolla ut in feminaeo.

Stamina. Filamenta ut in feminaeo, at lon-
giora, tenuiora. Antherae lineares, fulcatae,
eredae, magna?.

Pistillum. Germen ut in feminaeo, ut* minus.
Stylus, et ftigma ut in faemineo, at mi-
nora.

Pericarpium abortit.

8PECIPIC
Mufa fpadice eredo; floribus capitatis; f pa this
confertis, coccineis, maximis, apicibus lu-
teis.

Hermaphrodite flown f where the female parts
are perfect,
Empalemrnt. Partial fheath oblong, egg-

fhaped, fmoothly-concave, and large.
Blossom unequal and gaping; the petal form-
ing the upper lip, the honey-cup the

under.

Petal upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and

meeting at the bale in front.

Honey-cu* one leaf, fhip-fhaped, Shorter than

the petal, and inclofed within it.
Chives. Threads fix, awl-fhaped, upright, (hort-

er by half than the petal. Tips abortive.
Pointal. Seed-bud below the receptacle of

the flower, large and very long. Shaft

upright the length of the petal. Summit

headed, nearly round.
Seed-vessel. A flefhy berry, covered with a

tough Ikin, very long, the pulp laying three

ways, without partitions.
Seeds many, round.

, Hermaphrodite jkwers, where the male parts
are perfeA.

Empalement as in the female flower.

Blossom as in the female flower.

Chives. Threads as in the female flower, but
longer, and thinner. Tips linear, chan-
nelled, upright, and large.

Pointal. Seed-bud the fame as in the female,
but fmaller. Shaft and fummit like the
female, but fmaller.

Sbbd-vbssbl is abortive.

CHARACTER.

Plantain-tree with an upright fruit -flalk; flowers
growing in heads; {heaths crowded together,
(cailet, very large, points yellow.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The upper lip of the bloifom, (hewn in front, as cut off clofe to the feed-bud.

2. The fame, (hewing the hinder parts, with the three fmall claws on the border.

3. The honey-cup, which forms the lower lip, of the bloifom.

4. The feed-bud, chives, nyle, and fummit, of a female hermaphrodite flower.

5. A feed-bud cut obliquely, to expofe tbe.ntuation character of the feeds.

6. The chives, feed-bud, {haft, and fummit, of a male hermaphrodite flower.

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The honour of having introduced this fupremely beautiful plant, pertains to, Thomas Evans Efq. of
Stepney; a gentleman to whofe zeal for the introduction of new plants our (loves are of late much
beholden; he having received it, amongft many others, about the year 1792 from China, where, as
well as in Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, &c. it is venr commonly found. Our figure was taken, in
part, from a plant which flowered at James Veres, E(q. Kenfin'gton Gore, lad December, and partly*
from one in bloffom about the fame time, at the Hon. Lady Archer's, Ham Common. The Mufa
Coccinea grows to the height of about three, or four feet before it blows, and" without queflion, has
no rival but Strelitzea Regina in the hothoufe, where its brilliancy, tends in Come degree, to difpel
the gloom of winter, for at leaft three months. It increafes itfelf by fuckers, which are thrown up in
abundance from a vigorous plant; may be taken off at any time, and will arrive at a flowering fixe
in twelve months; if planted in rich earth, and kept growing in pine heat, or on a ftroog hotbed.

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IXIA BULBIFERA. Far: flore luteo.
Bulb-bearing Ixia. Var: yellow-flowered.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Three Chives- One Pointed.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-petala, patens, ssqualis. Stigmata
tria, erediufculo patula.

Blossom fix petals, fpreading, and equal. Sum-
mits three, nearly upright, and fpreading*
See Ixia hbflxxa, Plate XIV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixia foliis falcatis, glabris, fcapo brevioribus, II Ixia with fcimitar-ihaped leaves, fmootb, and

axiUis bulbiferis; floribus alternis, la- fhorter than the flower-ftem, bearing bulbs

teis. at their mfertion into the ftalk; flowers

H alternate f and yellow.

EEFEEBNCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.

3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).

The fingular fporting of Nature in the Ixia bulbifera is not uncommon; its viviparous character (if
it may be fo called) conftitutes a fpecific difference in many genera; Lilium, Lyfimachia, &c. partake
of it. The bulbs produced from the ftem blow the fecond year, whereas thofe from feeds do not till
the third. The flowers of this variety are the firft that open, amongfl the numerous fpecies yet in-
troduced, of this extenfive genus; they are of a brilliant yellow, and feldom expand more than one
at a time. The ufual treatment of other Cape Ixias is fuitable for this. The drawing was made at
Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy's, in the month of March 1798, they having introduced it about the
year 1784.

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PLATE XLIX.

MALPIGHIA CRASSIFOLIA,

Thick-leaved Malpighia.

CLASS X. ORDER III.
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Ten Chives. Three Poinds.

GENERIC

Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllnm, eredum,

minimum, perfiftens, connivens. Glandulas

mellifersB due, ovale* gibbae, foliolis caly-

cinisexterne inferaeque adnata^

Cobolla. Petala quinque, reniformia, magna,

plicata, ciliata, patentia, concava; ungui-

bus longis, linearibus.
Stamina. Filaroenta decern latiufcula, ereda,

in cylindrum pofita, parva. Anthers cor-

date.
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, minimom.

Styli tres, filiformes. Stigmata obrofa.

Pbbicabpium. Bacca globoia, torulofa, magna,

unilocularis.
Sxmina tria, oflea, oblonga, obtwa, angtdata.

CHARACTER.

Empalbmbnt. Cup five leaves, upright, very

fmall, remaining and doling at the points.

Two honey-bearing glands, oval and gouty,

are fixed to the outer and lower part of the

leaves of the cup.
Blossom, Petals five, kidney-fhaped, large,

plaited, laihed, fpreading, and concave}

claws long, linear.
Crivbs. Threads ten, rather broad, upright,

placed cylindrically, and fmall. Tips heart-

ihaped.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round, very fmall.

Shafts three, thread-fhaped. Summits

blunt.
Pbbicabpium. Berry globular, knobby, large,

of one cell.
Sbidb three, bony, oblong, blunt, and angulated.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Malpighia foliis lanceolate ovatis, fubtus to- II Malpighia with oval fpear-ihaped leaves, downy

mentofis, integerrimis; fioribus terminali- | beneath, and entire ; flowers terminate the

bus, fpicatis, pallide-luteis. | branches in fpikes, and are pale yellow.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, (natural fize).

2. The Empalemenjt, (magnified).

3. The Chives fpread open, (natural tot).
A. A Thread, and its Tip, (magnified).

5. The Pointal complete, (natural fize).

Althouoh, we have given to this fpedes of Malpighia, the fpecific name under which it has been
introduced; yet, there is much doubt, whether it is not the Verbafcifolium of Linnaeus; or indeed if.
they are not both the fame plant, named from different fpecimens. Our (pedes makes a very hand-
fbrae hothoufe plant, growing to the height of five, or fix feet, before it flowers. It is a native of
Jamaica, and moft of the adjacent iflands, and was introduced by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy about
the year 1793. From the extreme tendernefs of the young leaves, and moots, it muft be kept in a
ftrong growing pine heat during the winter months; otherwife, they are fubje& to damp off. It is
raifed by cuttings, and feems to delight in a rich foil. The figure was made from a fpecimen com*
municated by the Right Hon. Lord Vifcount Courtenay, in whofe moft fuperb collection at Powderham
Caftle, near Exeter, it flowered, for the firft time in England, in the month of September 1798.

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I X I A C A P I TATA. Far: jhre aurantio.
Bunch-flowering Ixia. Far: Blojfom gold colour.

CLASS III. ORDER L
TRUNDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. OnePointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-petala, patens, aequalis. Stigmata
tria, ere&iufcnlo-patula.

Blossom fix petals, fpreading, and equal. Sum-
mits three, nearly upright, and fpreading.
See Plate XIV. Ixia rbflbxa.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixia foliis radicalibus, enfiformibus; floribus
capitatis, confertis, aurantiis, petalis bafi
obfcuris.

Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and
fword-ihaped; blofToms grow in a clofo
bunch, gold coloured, and the petals dark
at the bafe.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1 . The two Sheaths of the Empalement.

2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.

3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).

This variety of Ixia capitata was introduced at the fame time as the Ixia bulbifera, flore luteo, vis.
in 1784, by Meflh. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfinith, from the Cape of Good Hope, and requires
the feme treatment. It flowers the latter end of May, or beginning of June; propagating itfelf
abundantly by the root, which produces annually numerous young bulbs.

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XERANTHEMUM SPECIOCISSIMUM.

Largeft-flowering Everlq/ibig Flower*

CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
STNGENESU POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

# GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Communis imbricatus; fquamis lan-
ceolatis, qua rum iutimae difco longiores,
mernbranaceae, nhidae, radium conftituen-
tes.

Corolla. Compofita insequalis; corollulae
hermaphroditae plurimae, tubulofae in difco.
Femineae pauciores, tubnlatae, in ambitu.

Propria hermaphroditis infundibuliformis,

calyce longe brevior; limbo quinquefido,

patulo.

Femmds tubulofa, longitudine hermaphro-

did, quinquefida, minus sequalis.

Stamina. Hermaphroditis filamenta quinquej
breviffima. Antherae cylindracea, tubu
loik} longitudine fere corollulae.

Pistillum. Hermaphroditis germen breve
Stylus filiformis, flaminibus longior. Stig-
ma bifidum.

Femineis germen ut in hermaphroditis.
Stylus filiformis, longitudine hermaphrodi
toruro. Stigmata duo, oblonga reflexa*

Pericarpium nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.

Semina oblonga, corona ta.
Becbptaculum nudum, planiufculum, pun&a-
turn.

SPECIFIC
Xeranthemum frutkofum, ere&um; foliis am-
plexioaulibus, lanceolatis, trinerviis; ramis
unifloris, fubundis.

Empalement. Common tiled; fcales fpear-
fhaped, the inner ones longer than the difk,'
flrinny, mining, and forming the ray of the
flower.

Blossom. Compound, unequal; florets with
chives and pointals numerous and tubular
in the dilk. Female" florets fewer, and tu-
bular in the circumference.
Individuals with chives and pointals funnel-
fhaped, much fhorter thad the empalement;
border with five clefts, fpreading.
Individuals with only pointals, tubular the*
length of the hermaphrodites, five cleft,
and rather fmaller.

Chives. The threads in the hermaphrodites are
five, and very final 1. Tips forming a cylin-
der, tubular almoft the length of the florets.

Pointal. Seed*bud of the hermaphrodites
fhort. Shaft thread-ihaped, longer than
the chives. Summit cloven.
Seed-bud of the female florets the fame as
the hermaphrodites. Shaft -thread-ihaped
the length of the hermaphrodites. Sum-
mits two, oblong and bent back.

Seed-vessel none. Empalement fcarcely
changing.

Seeds oblong, and crowned with a feather.

Receptacle naked, flatifh, and dotted.

CHARACTER.

Everlafting flower with an upright ihrubby ftem ;
leaves embracing the ftem, lance-fhaped,
and three-nerved; branches with one flower,
and nearly naked.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. An Hermaphrodite floret, (natural fize).

2. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, (magnified).

3. The Pointal, and Seed-bud froiri a female floret, (magnified).

This handfome fpecies of Xeranthemum was introduced, according to the Kew catalogue, by Mr. F.
Maflbn from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1787; it is, neverthelefs, a very fcarce plant, being
fubjed to decay from our winter damps; therefore requires a dry fiove x for its protection. The blof-
foms (or rather the flower-cups, for they are the perfiftent parts) are eafily preferved for many years,
in all their brilliancy, by cutting them, when they firft expand; but our atmofphere feems uncon-
genial to the ripening of their feeds, and is with great difficulty increafed by cuttings. The foil it
moft approves is fandy peat, with a fmall portion of loam. Our figure was taken in September laft
year, at the Hammerfmith nurfery.

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PLATE LII.

GNIDIA PINIFOLIA.

Pine-leaved Gnidia.

CLASS VIII. ORDER L
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, infundi-

buliforme, coloratura; tubo filiformi, Ion-

giflimo; limbo quadripartite, piano.
Corqlla. Petala quatuor, fcffilia, plana, calyce

breviora, eiquc inferta.

Stamina. Filamenta oc"fco, fetacea, ereda, Ion-
gitudipe ferme floris. Antheras fimplices.

Pistillum. Gcrmen ovatum. Stylos filiformis,
germinis Jateri infertus, longitudine ftami-
num. Stigma capitatum, hifpidum.

Pericarpium nullum. Fru&us in fundo ca-

lycis.
Semen unicum, ovatum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gnidia, foliis fparfis, lineari-fubulatisj ramis 11 Gnidia with fcattcrcd, linearly a wl-fliaped leaves;
verticillatis; floribus aggregatis, termina- branches grow in whorls j the flowers termi-

libus. I nating the branches in clutters.

Empalement. Cup one leaf, funnel-fhaped and
coloured; tube thread-fhaped, very long ;
border of four fegments, which are flat.

Blossom. Petals four, fitting clofe to the cup,
flat, fhorter than the cup, and fixed within
it.

Chives. Threads eight, awn-like, upright,
fcarcely the length of the flower. Tips
fimple.

Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fliaped. Shaft thread-
fhaped, fixed into the fide of the feed-bud,
and of the % length of the chives. Summit
headed, and hairy.

Seed-vessel none. Fruit in the lower part of
the cup.

Seed one, egg-fhaped.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower with its feed, (natural fize).

2. The fame cut open, to ihew the fituation and infertion of the Chives into the tube of the

Empalement.
S. The Pointal, (magnified).

The eflential diftinguiffiing character, in Paflerina, Gnidia, Struthiola, and Lachnaa, mull certainly
be confidered as amongft the flightefl generic divisions made by Linnaeus. It is no fmall difficulty to
diflinguifli the bloflbm in Gnidia, and Lachnaea, from the empalement in Paflerina, and Struthiola 5
the fame exa& natural ftrudure being alike in them all; and to us, appear noticeable in their finall
variations, rather as forming fpecific, than generic diftin&ions. As our plan is not to alter, upon any
terms, what has been determinately fettled by that great matter in the arcana of nature, let our opU
nions be what they will 5 we are determined to prevent confufion (which has been but little attended
to of late), to give it only as fuch, without prefuming upon alteration. But as in the prefent in-
fiance, when a plant long named,, but otherwife unknown to cultivators, has unfortunately been
foified from its rank by another, no ways anfwering to the characters of the defcriber; we (hall con-
fider it as our particular province to redify the mittake, however generally the error may have ob-
tained.— -The Gnidia pinifolia is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, the feeds having been received
from thence in 1795, by MelTrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, at whofe nurfery it has flowered,
for the firfi time in England, in the month of February this year, and where the drawing was taken.
It is a hardy greenhoufe plant, but is propagated with difficulty by cuttings; growing to the height
of eighteen inches, being moft exquifitely fcented by night, continuing in flower at leaft three months,
and thriving bed in a light peat foil.

A figure of the plant generally known by the name of G. pinifolia, will be given with the next
number, to the end our aifertions may be properly investigated.

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PLATE LIII.

MIMOSA STRICTA.

Harjh-leaved upright Mimofa.

CLASS XXIII. ORDER L
POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. Various difpofitions. Upon one Plant

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Pbrianthium monophyllum, quinquedentatum,

minimum.
Corolla. Petalum unicum, infundibuliforme,

feiniquinquefidum, parvum.
Stamina. Filamenta capillaria; longifEma.

Antherae incumbentes.
* Pistillum. . Germen oblongum. Stylus fili-

formis, ftaminibus brevior. Stigma trunca-

tum.
Pbrxcarfium. Legumea longum, difiepimentis

tranfverfis, pluribus.
Sbmina plurima; figura varia.

Empalement. One leaf, five-toothed, and very

fmall.
Blossom. One petal, funnel-fhaped, cut half

way down into five divifions, and finall.
Chives. Threads like fine hairs, and very long.

Tips laying on the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-

fhaped, fhorter than the chives. Summit

appearing cut off. .
Seed-vessel. A long pod, the partitions run

acrofs the pod, and are numerous.
Sbbds many; of different fhapes.

Mimofa foliis fimplidbus,

linearibus, obtufis; raxfiis fui&iflimis; ca-
pituli geminati, oppofiti, ex alis folio-
rum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER,
utrinque venofis, | Mimofa with fimple leaves, veiny on both fides,

linear, and blunt ended; branches growing
dofe and upright; flower heads grow by
pairs, oppofite, and at the infertion of the
leaf into the ftem.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Floret, (natural fize).

2. The Empalement, (magnified).

3. The Bloflbm, (magnified).

4. One Thread and its Tip, (magnified).

5. The Pointal, (magnified).

This fpecies of New Holland Mimofa, has as yet, efcaped even the indefatigable, and accurate Dr.
Smith; it is from Port Jackfon, whence the feeds were tranfmitted by Colonel Paterfon in the year
1793. Being eafily raifed, it is found in moft collections; the feeds preferving their vegetative quality
many years, and ftriking readily by cuttings. It has the peculiar chara&er attached to the Mimofas
of that country, viz. winged feed-leaves, which are loft after the firft year s growth. This fpecies has
no fmell, and grows to the height of three or four feet before it flowers; perfectly ftraight and corn-
pad, from which circumflance we have taken its trivial name.

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PLATE LIV.

ALETRIS SARMENTOSA.

Creeping-Booted Baftard Aloe.

CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx, nullus.

Cobolla, monopetala, oblonga; limbi laciniis
lanceolatis, acuminatis, erectis; perfiftens.

Stamina. Filamenta fex, fubulata, longitudine
corollae, inferta bafi lacinianim corolla.
Antherae oblongae, ereftae.

Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus fubula-
tus, longitudine ftaminium. Stigma tri-
fidom.

Pbbicarpium. Capfula ovata, triquetra, acu-
minata, trilocularis.

Sbmina plurima.

SPECIFIC
Aletris, acaulis; foliis enfiformibus, laxis; flori-
bus fpicatis, fuave rubentibus; radicibus
farmentofis.

Empalemknt, none.

Blossom, one leaf, oblong; the fegments of the
border are lance-fhaped, tapering, and up-
right; remaining.

Chives. Threads fix, awl-fhaped, the length
of the bloffom, and inferted into the divi-
fions of it, at the bafe. Tips oblong, up-
right.

Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft awl-
fhaped, the length of the chives. Summit
three-cleft.

Sbbd-vbssbl. ' Capfule egg-fhaped, three-fided,
tapered, and of three cells.

Seeds many.

CHARACTER.

Baftard Aloe, without a ftem; having fword-
fhaped, weak leaves; flowers grow in fpikes
of a foft red colour; roots producing fuckers
from the joints.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Chives, and Pointal.

3. The Pointal.

Tais fpecies of Aletris was introduced to us, from the Cape of Good liope, about the year 1789; it
is a hardy plant, requiring the fame management as Aletris Capenfis, that is, to be kept in a dry part
of the greenhoufe; although the plant fhould be frequently watered when in bloom, as would moftly
all plants, notwithftanding (as in the prefent inftance is the cafe) their flowering in the winter
months. This caution we have thought neceffary, as it is a general rule with gardeners during that
feafon, to put as little raoifture as ponlble to their plants, whether in flower or not, to avoid damps.
The little difficulty in propagating this handfome fpecies of Aletris, will render it foon common; the
roots grow nearly horizontally, and from their joints numberlefs young plants are produced; which
character we were defirous of exprefling in the figure, as from thence we have taken our trivial name;
but from the fize of the work, it was found impracticable. The drawing was made in December
1798, from a plant then in flower, at the Hammerfmith nurfery : we are neverthelefs informed, that
from being planted in a light, rich foil, it may be made to grow to the height of three feet; with a
fpike of flowers, one fourth the length of the flower-ftera.

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PLATE L V

ZINNIA VIOLACEA.

Purple Zinnia.

CLASS XIX, ORDER II.
STNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Communis ovato-cylindricus, laevis, im-
bricarus; fquamis plurimis, obtufis, ere&is,
perfiftentibus.

Corolla. Compofita radiate; corollulae her-
maphrodite plures in difco elevato. Femi-
ncac plurimae in radio.

Propria hermaphroditi infundibuiiformis,

quinquefida intus villofa.

Femsnea ligulata, fubrotunda, retufa, per-

fiftens.
Stamina. Hermaphroditis; filamenta quinque,

breviffima. Anthera cylindracea, tubulofa.
Pistillum. Hermaphroditis j germen oblon-

gum, triquetrum. Stylus filiformis, femi-

bifidus. Stigmata duo, obtufa.

Femineis; germen oblongum, triquetrum.
. Stylus capillaris, femibifidus. Stigmata duo,

recurvata.
Pbeicarpium. Calyx immutatus.
Sbmina. Hermaphroditis folitaria, oblonga, te-

tragono-ancipitia. Pappus muconibus duo-
bus.

Femineis folitaria, mutica, coronate petalo

perfiftente.
Recbptaculum paleaceum; paleis lingulatis,

canaliculatis, longitudine calycis, deci-

duis.

8PECIFIC
Zinnia foliis oppofitis, amplexicaulibus, lato-

lanceolatis, fcabris; fioribus pedunculatis,

purpureis, folitariis.

Empalrment. Common cylindrically egg-
fhaped, fmooth, and tiled; fcales many,
blunt, upright, and remaining.

Blossom. .Compound radiate; florets with chives
and pointals, are numerous in the center,
which is elevated ; florets with only pointals,
many in the circumference.
Individuals with chives and pointals funnel-
fhaped, five-cleft, and hairy within.
Individuals with pointals only, ligulate,
roundifh, dented at the end, and remaining.

Chives. Hermaphrodites; five fhort threads.
Tips forming a hollow cylinder.

Pointal. Hermaphrodites; feed-bud oblong,
three-tided. Shaft thread-fhaped,fplit nearly
half way down. Summits two, blunt.
Females; feed-bud oblong, three-fided. Shaft
hair-like, fplit half way down. Summits
two, bent backward.

Seed-vessel. Cup not changing.

Seeds. Hermaphrodites; folitary, oblong, three-
fided, but fharp at two edges. Feather of
two fharp points.

Females, folitary, without points, being
crowned with the perfiftent petal.

Receptacle chaffy; chaff tongue- (haped, chan-
nelled, the length of the cup, and falling
off.
CHARACTER.

Zinnia with oppofite leaves, embracing the item,
broadly lance-fhaped, and rough; flowers have
foot-ftalks, are purple, and grow folitary.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Floret of the ray with the feed attached, (natural fize).

3. A Floret of the difk with the feed attached, (magnified).

4. The Chives and Pointal of an hermaphrodite floret

5. The chaffy fubfbnce dividing the floret*.

This elegant new fpedes of Zinnia, is defcribed and figured by J. A. Cavanilles, in his firft volume
of Spanifh plants; where he fays, it is a native of Mexico, South America, and was trantmitted from
thence to the royal gardens, where it perfeded its feeds. In the year 1796, the Marchiohefs of Bute
received it amongft many other curious feeds, from Madrid, through the medium of Profeflbr Ortega.
Being rather a tender annual, it fhould be fown in March, on a gentle hotbed; and tranfplanted into
the open borders the beginning of May. The plant grows to the height of three feet or more, and
makes in the months of Auguft and September, a very confiderable addition to the fplendor of the
flower garden. The feeds ripen freely, though the flower fhould be plucked before it appears
decayed^.

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PLATE LVL

ANTHOLYZA S PIC ATA.

Spike-Jlowered Antholyza.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla tubulofa, irregularis, recurvata. Cap- II Blossom tubular, irregular, and bent backward,
fula infera. Capfule beneath.

II See Plate XXXII. Antholyza rihoxns.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Antholyza, floribus infondibuliformibus, fpica- II Antholyza with funnel-ihaped, fpiked flowers,
tis, incarnato-pallidis; foliis falcatis, bre- 1 of a pale flefh colour ; leaves fcimitar-

vimmis. H fliaped, and very fhort.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

2. The Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open, to fhew the infertion of the Chives.

3. The Pointal, (natural fize).

Thsrs are few fpecies of this genus but furnifh beautiful flowers; this is certainly among the moft
handfome, from the foftnefs of its colour, and the regularity of the fpike : what adds considerably to
its merit, is, that the bloflbms remain a confiderabte time before they fall, which unfortunately, is
feldom the cafe with the flowers of this genus. It was received from the Cape of Good Hope in
bulbs, fent by J. Pringle, Efq. of Madeira, in 1794, to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy of Hammerfmith;
the drawing was made in the month of June 1 JffJ at their nurfery. Not being ealily injured by damp,
there is no neceffity for removing it from its pot, as is neceflary for moft bulbs, but to increafe it;
one, or two young bulbs being annually produced, in addition from the old one. The belt foil is
a fandy peat, with a (mall proportion of loam.

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PLATE LVII.

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM GLABRUM.

Smooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold.

CLASS XII. ORDER IV.
1C0SANDRIA PENTJGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, femiquin-
quefidum, fuperum, patens, perfiftens.

Cokolla. Monopetala? petala lanceolato-line-
aria, nuraerofiffima, ferie multiplici Data,
calyce longiora, unguibus laeviter connatis
in unum.

Stamina. Filamenta numerofa, capillaria, longi-
tudine calycis. Antherae incumbentes.

Pistillum. Germen inferum, angulis quinque,
obtufis. Styli quinque fsepius, fubulati,
eredo-reflexi. Stigmata fimplicia.

Psricahpium. Capfula carnofa, fubrotonda,
loculamentis numero ftylorum refpondenti-
bus.

Sbbcina plurima, fabrotunda.

Emfaleubnt. Cup one leaf, cut nearly half
way down into five divifions, above, fpread-
ing, and remaining.

Blossom. One petal; petals linearly lance-
fhaped, very numerous, rifing in a number
of rows, longer than the cup, (lightly joined
together by their claws.

Chives. Threads numerous, hair-like, the
length of the cup. Tips laying on the
threads.

Pointal. Seed-bud. beneath, with five obtufe
angles. Shafts moftly five, awl-fhaped, up-
right, and a little bent outwards. Summits
firaple.

Seed-vessel. A fleihy capfule, nearly round,
the cells anfwering to the number of the
chives.

Seeds many, nearly round.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Mefembryanthemum foliis amplexicaulibus, gla •
bemmis,fpathulatis; pedunculislongitudine
foliorum; calycibus hemifphs&ricis; corollis
luteis.

Fig Marygold with leaves embracing the ftem,
very fmooth, and fpatula-ihaped; the foot-
fialks the length of the leaves ; cups hemi-
fpherical; bloflbms yellow.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Seed-bud 5 the Blofibm, Cup and Chives, cut off, the Pointals remaining.

2. The fame, with the Cup and Chives.

As the extreme brilliancy of this plant cannot be done jufHce to in painting, we muft reft fatisfied
with having done our beftj every perfon in the leaf* acquainted with the art, mufl know, that in
yellow the fhining colour exifting in nature cannot be retained in a drawing. This fpecies is annual,
and according to the Kew Catalogue, was introduced to the royal gardens by Mr. F. MaiTon in the
year 1787. The feeds ihould be fown on a hotbed in the month of February, and by the end of
Auguft the plants will flower, and continue to blofibm till the end of O&ober; never failing to perfed
their feeds.

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PLATE LVIII.

BO RON I A P INN ATA.

Hawthorn-fcented Boronia.

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium quadripartitum; laciniis

acutis, perfiftentibus.
Corolla. Petala quatuor, ovata, feffiliR.

Neftarium corona forma, cxcavatum, glan-
dulofum.
Stamina. Filaraenta o&o, plana, cilia ta, incur-
vata, reccptaculo inferta. Anthers infra
apicem filamentorum pedicillatae, incum-
bentes.

Pistilltjm. Germen fuperum, conicum, qua-

drifulcatnm. Stylos breviflimus, fimplex.

Stigma capitatum, glabrum, fulcatum.
Psbicarpium. Capfulae quatuor, ovato-acumi-

natae,compreflk,marginc introrfum coalitae,

apicibus diftantibus, futra fuperiori dehi-

fcentes, bivalves.
Semi n a folitaria faspius, nitida, reniformia, aril-

lata.

SPECIFIC
Boronia foliis impari-primatis, integerrimis; pe-

dunculis axillaribus, dichotomise filamentis

apice obtufis, glandulofis.

Empalbmbnt. Cup with four divifions; feg-
ments fharp pointed, and remaining.

Blossom. Petals four, egg-fhaped, fitting dofe
to the cup.

Honey-cup of the fhape of a crown, hol-
lowed, and glandular.

Chives. Eight threads, fiat, fringed, turned
inwards, and fixed into the receptacle. Tips
fixed below the ends on the infide of the
threads, on fhort foot-ftalks, and lying on
them.

Pointal. Seed-bud above, conical, and four-
furrowed. Shaft very fhort, and fimple.
Summit headed, fmooth, and furrowed.

Sbed-vbssel. Capfules four, of a pointed egg-
fhape, ^flattened, joined by the interior edge,
the points ftanding feparate, fplitting from
the upper future, two-valved.

Seeds moftly folitary, fhining, kidney-fhaped,
and covered with an elaftic coat.
CHARACTER.

Boronia with leaves abruptly winged, entire;
flower- ftalks growing from the bafe of the
leaves, forked; end of the threads blunt,
and glandular.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, (natural fize).

2. The Chives, and Pointal.

3. One Chive, (magnified).

4. The Pointal, and Honey-cup, (natural fize).

This is the only fpecies yet in our gardens, of a raoft beautiful new genus of plants, natives of New
South Wales; firft named, defcribed, and with three other fpecies, figured in the Trads relating to
Natural Hiftory by Dr. J. E. Smithy F. R. S. P. L. S. &c. Thus eternizing the name of an efteemed
and faithful fervant, who by his ardour in botanical purfuits, had merited the honour; rejecting the
ufual confederations, riches, or learning, does the Dr. no lefs credit as a man, for the kindnefs of
his heart, than what his diftinguifhed talents have gained him, by placing him in the firft botanical
feat in this kingdom. Injthe fhort hiftory of the unfortunate end of Borone, the Dr. informs us,
he bad rcfigned him to Dr. Sibtborpe, as a moft fit peribn to attend him in bis laft journey through
Greece; where, at Athens, he met his death, by an accidental fall from a balcony: the Dr. did not

long furvive him.

The Boronia pinnata has much of the aromatic flavour of Diofma in its leaves and flem; the
flowers, which appear about February, and continue till May, have the fcent of the Hawthorn flower;
it grows to a fhrub of the height of eighteen inches, is propagated with difficulty by cuttings, and
has not hitherto perfected its feeds in this country; requiring a dry fituation in the greenhoufe, and
flourifhes moft in light fandy peat. The figure was taken from a plant which flowered laft year, in
the nurfery of Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, where it was raifed from feeds in 1794.

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IXIA FISTULOSA.

Hollow-leaved Ixia.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TMANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-petala, patens asqualis. Stigmata
tria, ere&iufculo-patula.

Blossom fix petals, fpreading, equal. Summits
three, nearly upright, and fpreading.

See Ixia rbflbxa. Plate XIV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixia foliis linearibus, fiftulofis; floribus fecundis,
no&u fragrantes; bulbus campanulatus,
margine acuto-fibrofo.

Ixia with linear, hollow leaves; flowers pointing
oneway, and fragrant by night; bulb bell-
fhaped, the margin edged with {harp fibres.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The outer fpath of the Empalement.

2. The inner fpath of the Empalement.

3. A Flower cut open.

4. The Pointal, and Chives.

5. The Pointal.

This Ixia is of a very delicate nature, the root being fubjed to rot foon after the flower decays, if
not then removed from its pot, and dried 3 the flowers expand about four o'clock in the afternoon,
and are fo extremely fragrant that they are fmelt at a conflderable diftance. For this plant, our
gardens are indebted to the Dowager Lady De Clifford, who received the bulbs from the Cage of
Good Hope in the year 1 794. The drawing was made from a plant, which flowered laft year at
Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy's, Hammerimith, who had fome of them in a prefent from' her ladyihip.
Like other Ixias, it ihould be planted in light peat, and watered but feldom ; its propagation is but
flow, as feldom more than one new bulb is produced, upon the decay of the old one.

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PLATE LX.

GERANIUM PUNCTATUM.

Dotted-Jlowered Geranium:

C £ A S S XVI. ORDER IV. Suppl. Syjlem. Veget. 1781.
MONODELPHIA DECANDRIJ. Threads united. Ten Chives.

ESSENTIAL' GENERIC CHARACTER.

Monogyna Stigmata 5. Fru&us roftratus,
5-coccus.

One Pointal. Five fummits. Fruit farnifhed
with long awns, five dry berries.
See Geranium grawdiflohum, Plate XII.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER
Geranium foliis radicalibus; floribus umbellatis,
diandris; petalis duobus fuperioribus punc-
tatis; ftigmata quatuor.

Geranium with leaves growing from the root;
flowers grow in umbels, two fertile chives;
the two upper petals being dotted; fum-
mits four.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement cut open, with the Chives and Pointal left on, (natural fize).

2. The Threads cut open, to fliew their number, and the fituation of the two fertile ones,

(magnified).

3. The Pointal, (magnified).

Perhaps amongft plants, there is no genus exhibits fucb varied and numerous fpecies as Geranium;
no one, in which the fpecies are fo allied in natural character, or fo unfavourable to the fexual fyfiem,
if fome deviation from general rules was not allowed: the founder thought fuch licence neceflary,
and .we implicitly follow" him. Thus far we have thought proper to extenuate in the prefent inftance;
for ihould we follow Monf. L'Heritier, (as moil of the modern correctors of Linnaeus have done,) a
new genus muft inevitably be formed for this plant. Upon a dofe examination of the flowers, from
£ dozen different plants, invariably, only feven threads were found; two only with tips, and thofe
placed immediately behind the ihaft, whofe fummits were but four. This Geranium is rather tender",
and requires a dry-ftove heat to make it flower, which it will readily do with fuch affiftance, in April;
about the beginning of which month, this year, a drawing was made from a plant in the collection of
Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy. The roots or bulbs of this plant were firfl received in England by Thomas
Johnes, Efq. in the year 1794, in whofe magnificent conferva tory at Havod they flowered the next
year.

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PLATE LXI.

ASTER DENtATUS.

Toothed-leaved Starwort.

CLASS XIX. ORDER IF.
SYNGENESIA POLXGAMIA SUPEKFLUJ. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.

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GENERIC
Calyx. Communis fqainiflfo-firibricatas; fqua-

mis interioribus apice prominulis.
Corolla. Compofita radiate; coroUulse her-
maphrodite numeroias in difco; femineae
Kgulatse, decern plureaan radio.

Propria hermaphroditic tofandibuliformis;
limbo quinquefido, patulqj •

Feminem ligulate, lanceolate, rricfentata.

Stamiha. FHamenta quinque, capillaria, bre-
viffima. Anthera cylindracea, tnbulofa.

Pistillum. Hermaphroditis; gcrmen oblon-
gum. Stylus filiformis, longitndine ftami-
num. Stigma bifidum, patens.

Femineis; germen oblongum. Stylus fili-
formis, longitudine hemaphroditi. Stig-
mata duo, oblonga, revoluta.

Pebicaspium nullum. Calyx vix mutatus.
Sehika. Hermaphroditis folitaria, oblonga,

ovata. Pappus pilofus.

Femineis fimilia hermaphroditis.
Rbcbptaculum nudum, plantpfculom.

SPECIFIC
After caulis fruticofus; foliis dentetis, futtus
ferrugineis; floribus terminalibus; pedun-
culis unifloris, bradbatis.

CHARACTER. „

Empalbmbnt. Qmrnon, teles tiled; the inner

(bales ftanditg a little out at the points.
Blossom. Compound, radiate; florets wkb

chives and pointals, many in the center;

florets with only pointals, ligulate, ten or

nagre in the circumference.

Indkndtiak#n{h£h\ve& and pointals, funnel*

ihaped; border with five-clefts, fpreadtog.

Individuals with only pointals, ligulate,

fpear-ihaped, with three teeth.
Chives. Five hair-like threads, very fhort.

Tips forming a hollow cylinder.
Pointal. To thofe with chives and pointals,

feed-bud oblong. Shaft thread-ihaped, (he

length of the chives. Summit two-cleft,

expanding.

Seed-bud to thofe with pointals only, ob-"

long. Shaft thread-fliaped, the length of

the hermaphrodites. Summits two, oblong,

bent back.
Sbed-vbssbl none. Cup fcarcely changing.
Sbeds to the hermaphrodites folitary, oblong,

egg-fhaped. Feather hairy.

Females the fame as hermaphrodites.
Receptacle naked, almoftflat.
CHARACTER.

Starwort with a fhrubby ftem; leaves toothed,

iron colour beneath; flowers terminate the

branches; fruit-ftalks having but one flower,

with floral leaves.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1 . A Floret of the circumference.

2. The Pointal of the preceding.

3. A Floret of the center, (magnified).

4. The Chives and Pointal of the preceding, (magnified).

5. The Shaft and Summit of the fame, (magnified).

This plant cannot undoubtedly be oonfidered as amongft the moft beautiful of the vegetable produc-
tions of New Holland; but nevertheless, from the continuance of its flowering, is very defirable as
a greenhoufe plant, as it begins to expand its bloflbms about December, and from that time till
Auguft is feldora feen without flowers. It is a low-growing fhrub, feldora exceeding a foot in height,
and very branching. Like moft plants from Botany Bay, it delights in a light fendy peat foil, is eafily
propagated by cuttings, and feeds. The drawing was made from a plant in the nurfery of Meflrs.
Lee and Kennedy, who raifed it firft from feeds in the year 1793.

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GLADIOLUS GRAMINEUS.

Grafs-like Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointed.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla fexpartita, ringens.
Stamina adfcendentia.

Blossom with fix divifions, gaping.
Chivbs afcending.

See Gladiolus lonoiflorus. Plate V.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gladiolus polyftachyus, fcapo laxo, fpicis capil-
laribus, flexuofis; foliis enfiformibus; co-
rollas fexpartitae, abfque tubo.

Gladiolus with many fpikes, upon a flexible
flower item, fpikes hair-like, growing zig-
zag; leaves fword-fliape; bloflbm of fix di-
visions, without a tube.

, REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two iheaths of the Empalement.

2. The Seed-bud, Chives, arid Pointal (magnified).

3. The Pointal, (magnified).

This fpecies of Gladiolus has been defcribed by Thunberg, and from him by Linnaeus, in' his Suppl.
Plant p. 95, under the fpecific name it here bears. It is a little draining on the genus to introduce
this fpecies into it; as it is deficient in mod of the eflential characters; having a bloflbm without a
tube, and the petals equal. From the Kew Catalogue we learn it was introduced in the year 1787,
by Mr. F. Maflbn, to the royal gardens; is there faid to flower mod part of the year: a plant of fuch
character Is mod defirable, but unfortunately we have never feen it in bloflbm but at the ufual feafon
for the flowers of this tribe; that is, from April till June. The capfules of this plant bear a ftrong
reiemblance to' thofe of the Euonymus : generally perfecting their feeds. It is a very hardy bulb, blows
early, and may be kept in a pit protected from the froft.

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USTERIA SCANDENS.

Climbing Ufteria.

CLASS XIV. ORDER II.
DIDYNAMIA JNGIOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.

GENERIC
Calyx. Perianthiom monophyllnro, quinque-
partitum, pernftensj laciniis ere&is, fubu-
latis.
Corolla. Monopetala, ringens, tubus ventri-
cofus, ban arda; limbos bilabiatus, labium
Juferius bifidum, rotundatum, reflexum; la-
bium informs trifidum, laciniis rotuodatis,
intermedia minore.

'Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, fub labio fu-
periori recondite, quorum duo latcralia
longiora, fundo corollas infcrta, bafi incraf-
fata, lanata, apice incurvata. Antherae
ereclss, verfatiles, approximate.

Pibtillum. Germen fub-rotundum. Stylus fili-
formis, perfiftens; longitudine fhuninum.
Stigma obtufum.

Pxricarpium. Capfula fab-rotunda, bilocu-
laris, calyce longior, obtufa.

Sxmina plurima, fub-rotunda, fcabrida.

CHARACTER.
| Empalembnt. Cup one leaf, five divifions,
permanent j fegments upright, and awl-
ibaped.

Blossom. One leaf, gaping, tube fwelled out
in the middle, and pinched in at the bafcj
border with two lips, the vffcr divided
intt two lobes, which are rounded, and
bent back} the hwer has three divifions,
the fegments rounded, the middle one the
'fmalleft.

Crttes. Threjds four, hid under the upper lip,
6T which the two fide ones are the longcft,
fixed into the bottom of the blofibm, thick,
ened at the bafe, woolly, and turned inward
at the point. Tips upright, nightly fixed
by the middle, and approaching.

Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-
ihaped, remaining, the length of the chives.
Summit blunt.

Sbbd-vbssbl. Capfule nearly round, of two
cells, longer than the cup, blunt ended.

Sbbds many, almoft round, and very rough.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ufteria caulis volubilis; foliis haftatis; floribus II Ufteria with a climbing ftemj leaves halbert-
folitariis, purpureis; pedunculis tortis, Ion- | ibaped \ flowers folitary, and purple; fruit-

giffimis. 1 ftalks twitted, very long.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1 . A Blofibm cut open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives.

2. One Chive, ^magnified).

3. The Pointal, (natural fize).

4. The Empalement, and Seed-veflel nearly ripe, of its natural fize.

This is another of thofe plants railed in the year 1797 by the Marchionefs of Bute, at her charming
little villa, Brompton, from feeds, fent to her ladyfhip from Spain by Dr. Ortega. It is a native of
Mexico, North America, and will live through our winters with the protection of a greenhoufe, to
which it forms a beautiful ornament as a creeper; flowering from May till September, but does not
appear to be a long-lived plant ; is eafily propagated by cuttings, or from feeds, which are ripened by
November, or earlier; thriving befl in tight rich earth.

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PjEONIA albiflora.

White P&ony.

CLASS XIII.
POLYANDRIA DIGYNIA.

ORDER II.

Many Chives. Two Pointals.

generic

Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum, parvum,
perfiftens; foliolis fubrotundis, concavis,
reflexis, inequalibus magnitudine et fi tu.

Corolla. Petala quinque, fubrotunda, con-
cava, bail anguftiora, patentia, maxima.

Stamina. Filamenta numerofa, capillaria. An-
thers oblongs, quadrangular erects, qua-
^ihiloculares, magns.

Pistillum. Germina duo, ovata, erecla, tomen-
tofa. Styli nulli. Stigmata comprefla, ob-
tufa, colorata.

Pericarpium. Capfuls oblongs, acuminata,
reflexo-patentes, tomentofs, uniloculares,
univalves, longitudinaliter introrfum dehi-
fcentes.

Semina plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, faturs
dehifcenti affixa.

SPECIFIC

Paeonia foliis lobatis, nitentibus; corollis albidis;
germinibus ternis, vel quaternis.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cup five-leaved, fmall, and re-
maining j leaves roundilh, concave, bent
back, and unequal both in fize and fituation.

Blossom. Petals five, roundifh, concave, fmaller
at the bafe, fpreading, and very large.

Chives. Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips
oblong, four-fided, upright, with four cells,
and large.

Pointal. Seed-buds two, egg-fhaped, upright,
and downy. Shaft none. Summits flattened,
oblong, blunt, and coloured.

Seed-vessel. Capfules oblong, tapered, bent
back, and fpreading, downy, of one cell,
and one valve, fplitting lengthways from
the inner part.

Seeds many, oval, mining, coloured, and fixed
to the future where it fplits.

CHARACTER.

Psony with leaves divided into lobes, and min-
ing; bloflbms white j feed-buds three, or
four.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointals.

2. A Thread and its Tip (magnified). •

3. The Seed-veflels.

4. A Seed.

This new fpecies of Psony is a native of Mongol Tartary, and the parts adjacent; of courfc, is fuffi.
ciently hardy to endure our feycTefk winters. It has been defcribed by Gmelin, in his Flora Sibirica;
and figured by Dr. Pallas, in his Flora Rolfica, under the fpecific title it here bears. J. Bell, Efq. of
Iileworth, procured fome plants of it from St. Peterfburg, about the year ljg\ ; where it had been
introduced by Dr. Pallas fome time before, when on his travels through Tartary. It forms a hand-
fome, upright growing, herbaceous plant; the flowers Handing much above the foliage, are much
handfomer before they are expanded, than when fully fo; as the under part of the petals are tinged
with red, which contrafted with the purity of the white of the other parts, renders them at that period
extremely beautiful. The figure was taken at the nurfery of Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, this year, in
the month of June, during which month it is in perfection. Like the reft of the Paeonies, it is eafily
propagated by the root; requiring little attention in its cultivation, as it will live in almoft any foil
or fituation.

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OPHRYS LILIFOLIA.

Lily-leaved Ophrys.

CLASS XX. ORDER I.
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Olives.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Spathae vagae. Spadix fimplex. Peri-

anthium nullum.
Cobolla. Petala quinque, oblonga, furfum

conniventia, aequalia; duo horam exteriora.

Ne&arium petalis longius, dependens; pof-

tice tantum carinatum.
Stamina. Filamenta duo, brevifilma, piftillo

infidentia. Antherae eredae, tedae margine

interiore nedarii.
Pistillum. Germen oblongum, contortum,

inferum. Stylus margini interiori nedarii

adnatus. Stigma obfoletum.
Pbbicabfium. Capfula fubovata, trigona, ob-

tufa, frriata, trivalvis, unilocularis, angulis

carinati9 dehifcens.

Sbmina numerofa, fcobifbrmia.
Rbcbptaculum Hneare, adnatum fingulae val-
vule pericarpii.

SPECIFIC
Ophrys bolbo fubrotundo; fcapo nudo; foliis
ovato-oblongis, radicalibus; nedarii labio
integro; petalis dorfalibus linearibus.

Emp albb^nt. Sheaths fcattered. Fruit-ftalks

firople. Cup none.
Blossom. Five petals, oblong, approaching
upwards, equal) two of them placed out-
wards.

Horuy-cup longer than the petals, hanging
down) only keeled on the back part.

Chives. Two threads, very fhort, fixed to the
pointal. Tips upright, covered by the inner
edge of the honey-cup.

Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, oblong, twitted
beneath. . Shaft fixed to the inner edge of
the honey-cup. Summit imperfect.

Seed-vessel. Capfule nearly egg-fhaped, three-
fided, blunt, channelled, three-valved, and
one cell, opening at the keel-fhaped an-
gles.

Seeds numerous, like faw-dufk.

Receptacle linear, growing to each valve of
the feed-vefTel.
CHARACTER.

I Ophrys with roundifh roots; ftem naked; leaves
oblong, egg-fhaped, growing from the root ;
the two back petals linear.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE,
t. The Honey-cup cut off the bloffom.

2. The Seed-bud and Pointal (natural fize) fhewn fideways.

3. The fame (magnified) fhewn in front, with the cap lifted up, to expofe the parts of

fru&irlcation.

Gbonovius, in his -arrangement of the plants difcovered by Mr. J. Clayton in Virginia, P. i, page 185,
has defcribed this plant; and Linnaeus after him, in his fecond edition of the Species Plantarum,
page 1341, has it likewife, but thought it only a large variety of a fpecies found in marfhy grounds
in Sweden; however that may be, it is perfectly new to Britain, as a plant in our gardens. This
fpecies of Ophrys feems much more eafy to preferve than moft of its congeners, as, fince its intro-
duction, the bulbs feem to acquire additional fize, and the fpikes of flowers to grow larger each year.
Our drawing was taken from a plant in the extenfive collection of the Right Hon. the Marquis of
Blandford, Bill-hill, Berkshire, in the year 1797* about the beginning of the month of July; having
been fent the preceding year from Philadelphia, by J. Lyons, gardener to William Hamilton, Efq. of
that State. It is a hardy plant, and will thrive in a flickered border, if planted in light earth, and
kept moift; is propagated but flowly by the root, which feems the only method; as the feeds are too
fmall of all this natural order to raife them by that means.

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GLADIOLUS POLYSTACHIUS.

Branching Gladiolus.

CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-partita, ringens.
Stamina adfcendentia.

Blossom of fix divisions, and gaping.
Chives afcending.

See Plate XI. Gladiolus roskus.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gladiolus foliis falcatis; caule polyftachio; co- II Gladiolus with cymitar-fhaped leaves; ftem many
rollia fub-regularibus, carneis. branches; bloffoms nearly regular, and fleih

ll colour.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Bloffom cut open, with the Chives attached.

3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, one fummit magnified.

This fpecies of Gladiolus has been long known in herbariums, as it is very common about Tabic
mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope ; Jacquin, Thunberg, Gmelin, Welldenow, &c. have it under the
tribe of Ixia, with the fpecific names of Scillaris, Fabricii, &c. but notwithstanding, we have no
hesitation in placing it under its true genus Gladiolus. The upright character of the chives, their
infertion into the tube of the bloffom, and not at the mouth, the difference in the fhape of the petals,
the Situation of the fummits behind the chives, &c. leave no room for doubt where its Station Should
be. Although plentiful at the Cape, it has not been long an inhabitant of this clime; having flowered
for the firft time in the year 1797, at Bulffrode, the feat of his Grace the Duke of Portland. What
contributes much to the value of this plant is, that it continues in flower at leaft two months, from
the beginning of June till the end of July; propagates itfelf abundantly by the roots, which are not
fubjeft to rot, though not removed from the pots in which they have flowered. Thrives in peat earth.

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PLATE LXVII.

GERANIUM INCISUM.

Jagged-leaved Gerartium.

CLASS XVI. ORDER IV.
MONODELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives.

Monogyna. Stigmata quinque. Fru&us rof-
tratus, 5-coccus.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

One Pointal. Five fummits. Fruit furnifhed
with long awns, five dry berries.
See Geranium grandiflorum, Plate XII.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Geranium foliis multifidis, craflis, confer tis;
* floribus umbellatis, pedunculislongiflimis;
caule ere&o, fruticofo.

Geranium with leaves of many clefts, thick, and
crowded together ; flowers grow in bunches,
on very long foot- (talks; Hem upright, and
flirubby.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. The Chives and Pointal, (natural fize).

3. The Chives cut open.

4. The Pointal, (magnified).

This pretty fpecies of Geranium, from the Cape of Good Hope, is one of thofe having feven fertile
tips; therefore a Pelargonium of Monf. L'Heritier. It is a low growing plant, feldom exceeding
eight or nine inches in height, keeping very compact; but is fubject to damp in the leaves, if kept
moift in winter, though otherwife pretty hardy. Mr. C. Lodiges, of Hackney, firft raifed it from feeds
which he received from Vienna, about the year 1 7q3. It is readily propagated by cuttings, or feeds,
and continues to flower all the fummer months; requiring light rich earth to make it flourifli.

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GOODENIA OVATA.

Oval-leaved Goodenia.

CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIJ MONOGYNIJ. Five Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER*

Corolla fupra longitudinalitcr fiffa, genitalia
exferens, quinquefida. Stigma urceolatum,
ciliatum.

Blossom longitudinally cloven On the upper fide,
expofing the organs of generation, and five-
cleft. Summit cup-ihaped, and fringed.
See Goodenia calbndulacea. Plate XXII.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Goodenia foliis ovatis, ferratis; corollis luteis,
laciniis duobus exterioribus ereftis.

Goodenia with egg-fhaped leaves, (awed at the
edges ; bloflbms yellow, the two outer fer-
ments grow upright.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement and Seed-bud.

2. A Bloflbm, with the parts of fructification attached.

3. The Chives, and Pointal (magnified).

Ik the fecond volume of the Linnsean Tranfa&ions, Dr. Smith enumerates ten fpecies of the genus
Goodenia^ this fpecies makes an addition to the number. The oval-leaved Goodenia is a half woody
plant, making long willow-like branches, which moflly decay in the winter, though a great part of
the plant remains; it is a hardy greenhoufe plant, requiring little trouble either to keep or propagate;
the latter of which is done by cuttings. About the year 1793, a parcel of feeds was received by Meflrs.
Lee and Kennedy, fent to them by Colonel Paterfon from Port Jackfon, New Holland; amongft them,
the feeds of this plant; it neverthelefs did not flower till the year 1798, about the month of June.
It is certainly a defirablc plant, never failing to flower from June till September, if kept growing in
vigour, which it will furely do if planted in light peat earth.

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LAMBERTIA FORMOSA. Far. longifolia.
Red-flowered Lambertia. Long-leaved variety.

CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRJNDRIA MONOGYNU. Four Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Calyx. Perianthium commune, imbricatum,

fquamis interioribus, longioribus.
Cobolla. Unrverfalis uniformis, feptem-fiorus.

Propria monopetala, tubulofa, limbus qua-
drifidus, laciniis revolutis, ftameniferis.

Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, fubulata, bre-
viflima, inferta limbo corollas, intra fingu-
lam laciniam fingula. Antberae lineares,
ere&ae.

Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, apice pilo-
fum. Stylus fctaceus, ere&us. Stigma
fubulatum, fulcatum.

Pekicabpium. Capfula tricornuta, unilocularis,
, difperma.

Semina bina, alata, fcabra, nigra.

SPECIFIC
Lambertia foliis ternis, apice mucronato-pun-
gentibus; corollis ftriatis, extus fuave ru-
bentibus; antheris caeruleis.

CHARACTER.

Empalbment. Common cup tiled, the inner
fcales the longeft.

Blossom. General regular compofed of {even
flowers.

Individuals of one petal, tubular, border
four-cleft, the fegments rolled back, and
fupporting the chives.

Chives. Threads four awl-fhaped, very fhort,
fixed into the border of the blofifom, one
within each fegment. Tips linear, and up-
right.

Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round, the upper
part hairy. Shaft awn-like, upright. Sum-
mit awl-fhaped, and furrowed.

Seed-vessel. Capfule three-horned, of one cell,
and two feeds.

Seeds two, winged, rough, and black.

CHARACTER.

Lambertia with leaves growing by threes, the
ends terminating in (harp points j blof-
foms ftriped, of a light red without; tips
blue.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Bloflbm cut open, with the Pointal as it Hands in the bloflbm.

3. One fegment of a Flower, with the Chive attached.

4. The Pointal (magnified).

5. A Capfule.

6. A Seed.

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Op all the plants yet introduced from New Holland, that have hitherto flowered with us, this un-
quefiionably takes the lead for beauty, confidering the plant altogether. It is a hardy greenhoufe
plant, growing to the height of fix or eight feet before it flowers; when the bloflbms break from the
ends of almoft every branch. The feeds of this plant were among the firft which arrived from Botany
Bay, in the year 1?88 -, when two varieties of it were raifed by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, at their
nurfery, who were fortunate enough to procure all the feeds which came home that feafon. This
fine genus has received its title, (under' the fandion of Dr. Smith, fee the linn. Tranf. page 214,
vol. 3.) from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Efq. fellow of the Royal and Linmean Societies; a gentleman
whofe zeal for the advancement of the fcience is unbounded, and whofe labours to that end, as well
as his endeavours to render botany of univerfal benefit, by combining the ufeful with the pleating;
(witnefs his work on the Cinchonas, or Jefuits' Barks) do him the greateft credit. Our drawing was
made from a plant which flowered for the firft time in this kingdom, in the collection of J. Robertfon,
Efq. of Stockwell; Surry, in July 1 798. It is without difficulty raifed by cuttings, and thrives io
peat earth.

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PLATE LXX.

GNIDIA SIMPLEX.

Heath-leaded Gnidia.

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx infundibuliformis, quadrifidus. Pctala II Empalbmbnt funnel-fhaped, and four-cleft,

quatuor, calyci inferta. Semen unicura, Petals four, infertea 4 into the empalement,

fubbaccatum. | One feed, fomething like a beny.

II See Gnidia pinifolia, Plate LII.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gnidia, foliis linearibus, acutis, lssvibus; flori-
bus terminalibus, feflilibus, luteis.

Gnidia, with linear, pointed, fmooth leaves;
flowers terminating the branches, fitting
clofe upon them, and yellow.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A Flower, (natural fize).

2. The fame cut open, and magnified,

3. The Pointal, (natural fize).

4. The lame magnified.

Thb flowers of this fpecies of Gnidia-, like moft plants of this natural order, are fragrant, which in*
creates much towards night. It is one of thofe delicate Cape plants requiring a dry ftove, or an airy
warm fituation in the greenhpufe; where it continues to flower through the months of April and
May, and frequently will bloflbm a fecond time in September and October. It is eafily propagated by
cuttings; delighting moft* in peat earth, and feldom grows more than a foot high. Our drawing was
made, (by his kind permiflion) at the beautiful and unique confervatory of R. James, Efq. Grofvenor*
place, from a plant in his valuable and feled collection, in May this year.

Unfortunately the G. Simplex having been introduced to our gardens before the G. Pinifolia, (fee
our figure, PI. LII.) it was found in moft collections under that title; but we have no hefitation in
placing this plant under the fpecific name given it by Linnaeus, in his Mantifla Plantarum of 1767,
page 67} where, to the ufual fpecific character, he has fuperadded an accurate defcription of it.

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PLATE LXXI.

CLEMATIS VIORNA.

Blue thick-petal 'd Virgiris Bower.

CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Perianth i um. Calyx nullus.

Corolla. Petala quatuor, oblonga, laxa.

Stamina. Filamenta plurima, fubulata, corolla
breviora. Antherse lateri filamentorum ad-
nata?.

Pistillum. Germina plurima, fubrqtunda, com-
prefla, definentia in frylos fubulatos, ftami-
nibus longiores. Stigmata fimplicia.

Pericarpium nullum. Receptaculum capita-
turn, parvum.

Semi n a plurima, fubrotunda, comprefia, ftylo
(figura varia) infiructa.

Emfalbmbnt. Cup none.

Blossom. Petals four, oblong, flexible.

Chives. Threads many, awl-fhaped, fhorter
than the blofibm. Tips fixed to the fides
of the threads.

Pointal. Seed-buds many, nearly round, flat-
tened, ending in awl-fhaped fhafts, longer
than the chives. Summits Ample.

Seed-vbssbl none. Receptacle forming a round
head, and fmall.

Seeds many, roundifh, flattened, retaining the
fhaft, which is varioufly lhaped.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Clematis foliis compofitis decompofitifque; foli-
olis quibufdam trifidis; floribus violaceis,
coriaceis.

Virgin's Bower, with compound and doubly com*
pound leaves; fome of the little leaves fplit
into three; flowers blue, and tough.

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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Chives, and Pointals; the petals being removed.

2. The Pointals.

3. A Chive, (magnified).

4. A Pointal, (magnified).

5. A Seed nearly ripe, (natural fize).

I}oubts have been entertained, among fome botanifis, whether this plant is the Clematis viorna of
Linnaeus, as given by him, with various fynonims, in his Sp. Plan. By collating the different fpecific
characters from the fynonims adopted by him, we have no hefitation in our decifion. Being a native
of Virginia and Carolina, it is not fo hardy as fome others from the northern parts of Europe or
America; but, neverthelefs, is not killed by our winters, as it is herbaceous, and not making its (hoots
till late. In a warm fituation againfl a wall or trellis, it will begin to bloflbm in July, and continue
to flower till deftroyed by the froft. As yet it is rather fcarce in our .gardens, being but of a late
introduction, though long known by defcription. Our figure was taken at the Hammerfmith nurfery,
where it is in high perfection, being planted in a mixture of loam and peat earth : it is moft readily
increafed, by parting the roots in fpring; as the feeds feldoin come to maturity in this climate.

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PLATE LXXII.

STYPHELIA TRIFLORA.

Three-flowered Styphelia.

CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. FiveChivea. One Pointal.

GENERIC
Pbkianthium. Calyx imbricatus, perfiftens;

foliolis interioribus longioribus, acutis,

ereclis.
Cobolla tubulofa, quinquefida; laciniis revo-

lutis, hirfutis.

Neflarium membranaceum, laccrum, ger-

men cingens.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, tubo inferta.

Anthers apice bifida, verfatiles.

Pistillum. Germcn globofum, fulcatum, nee-
tario cin&um. Stylus capillaris. Stigma
capitatura, quinquepartitum.

Perjcarpium. Drupa quinquelocularis, fub-

rotunda, glabra.
' Semina, bina.

CHARACTER.

Empalement. Cap tiled, and remaining; the

inner leaves the longed, fharp-pointed, and

upright.
Blossom tubular, five-cleft; the fegtnents rolled

back, and hairy.

Honey-cup fkinny, torn, and furrounding

the feed-bud.
Chives. Five threads, fixed into the tube of

the bloffom. Tips fplit at the top, and

loofely fixed by the middle to the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud globular, furrowed, en-
circled by the honey-cup. Shaft hair-like.

Summit headed, and of five divifions.
Seed-vessel. A pulpy fruit with five cells,

roundifh, and fmooth.
Seeds, two together.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Styphelia, foliis imbricatis, fparfis, glaucis, II Styphelia, with leaves tiled, fcattered, bluifh,
ovato-mucronatis; floribus axillaribus, ter- H egg-fhaped, and fharp-pointed; flowers

nis. II growing from the lower part of the leaves

II by threes.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives remaining attached, to fhew their infertion into the

tube of the Bloflbm.

3. The Pointal, (natural fize,) the Summit detached, and magnified.

4. The Honey-cup, (magnified).

The Styphelias conflitute a very extended tribe of plants, indigenous only to New Holland; we are
indebted to the pupil of Linnaeus, the celebrated Dr. Solander, for this generic title, which, (as Dr.
Smith has fairly obferved) is expreffive of the habit of this whole genus, having its origin in arvfetig,
carfh, or hard; a character which feems invariable in every fpecies that has come under our notice.
The S. tubiflora, although fet off by Dr. Smith, in his fourth number of New Holland Botany, with fo
much grace, muft, (and we have no doubt of his concurrence) give place to S. triflora, which un-
doubtedly claims the palm from all its congeners hitherto difcovered. The only fpecimen alive or
dead, and from which our figure was taken, of this plant, which has come to our knowledge, is to be
found in the extenfive collection of G. Hibbert, Efq. Clapham-common ; from whofe exertions the
exotic collections of this kingdom, are likely to acquire fuch confiderable additions.

The S. triflora was raifed from feed at Clapham in 1796, but did not flower till this year, in the
month of June, continuing in bloflbm through July, and part of Auguft. It grows to the height of
near thice feet, branching but little; the whole ftera being hid by the leaves. Mr. Allen the gardener,
to whofe kind communications we are much indebted, informs us he has kept it in peat earth, and
that he thinks it is to be raifed by cuttings.

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INDEX

TO THE PLANTS CONTAINED IN VOL. I.

Plate I

2

3

4
5
6

7
8

9

io
ii

12

13

*4

.1

'7

18

19

ao

21
22

*3
24

3

27
a3
29
30
Si
3*
33
S*
3|
36
37
3«
39
4o
4i
4*
43
44

4 6
47
48
49
5°
S 1
5*
53
54
55
56
57
58

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61
61
63
64

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66

«7
68
69
70
7i
7*

Cortufa Matthioli

Sprengelia incarnata

Neottia fpeciofa

Rhododendron Dauricum

Gladiolus longiflorus

Hemerocallis cjerulca

Primula Cortufoides

Gladiolus alatus.

Atragene Capenfis

Ariftea cyanea. t

Gladiolus rofcus

Geranium grandiflorum

Epidendrum cochlcitum

Ixia reflexa

Anthy His erinacea

Azalea Pontica. . . ;

Protea formofa

Cornea alba

Gladiolus vcdicolor

F-chiura grandiflorum

Vercia crenata

Goodcnia calendulacea

Ixia capitata. Var. ovata

Cineraria aurira.

Camellia Japonica. Var. flo. albo pleno.

Caflula odoratiffima

Gladiolus ringens. Var. cinereo odorato.

Geranium elegans

Ixia fp cata. Var. viridi nigra

Vaccinium Ar&oftaphyllus

Borbonia cordata

Antholyza ringens

Diofma la ti folia

Chetone Rucllioides

Ixia crifpifolia. Var. flo. casruleo. ...

Rhododendron pun&atura

Geranium fragile

Gladiolus precox. Var. flore rubro. . .

Echium ferociflimum

Chelone campunuloides.

Lachenalia pendula

Orchis ciiiaris.

Bignonia Leucoxylon

Ixia cinnamomea

Iris longifolia

Maflbnia violacea

Mufa coccinea

Ixia bufbifera. Var. flo. luteo

Malpighia cralfifblia ,

Ixia capitata, Var. flore aurantio

X era n them urn fpeciocifliraum

Gnidia pinifolia

Mimofa ftri&a. , .

Aletris farmentofa

Zinnia violacea

Antholyxa fpicata ; .

Mefembryanthemum glabrum

Boronia pinnata

Ixia fiftulofa

Geranium punctatum

After dentatus

Gladiolus gramineus.

Ufteria fcandens

Paeonia albiflora

Ophrys lilifolia

Gladiolus polyftachius

Geranium incifum

Goodcnia ovata

Larnbcrtia formofa. Var. longifolia. . .

Gnidia fimplex

Clematis viorna.

Styphclia triflora.

Alpine Sanicle

Star-flowered Sprengelia

Flcth -coloured Neottia

Da uric Rhododendron

Long-flowered Gladiolus

Blue Day Lily

Siberian Primrofe,

Wing-flowered Gladiolus

Cape Atragene \ . . . .

Blue-flowered Ariftea

Rofe-coloured Gladiolus

Largcft-flowered Geranium

Purple-flowered Epidendrum

Reflex-flowered Ixia

Blue Broom of Spain

Yellow Pontic Azalea.

Coronet Protea

White Correa

Changeable Gladiolus

Large-flowered Viper's Buglofs

Scollopcd-leaf Vcreia.

Cape Marygold-lcaved Goodenia. ....
Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var. egg-fhaped.

Two-coloured-leaved Cineraria.

Double white Camellia.

Sweet-fcented Cfaffula

Gaping A (h -coloured fweet Gladiolus. .

Round-leaved Geranium

Sea-green fpiked Ixia

Madeira Whortle-berry

Heart-(hape-lcaved Borbonia

Gaping Antholyza

Broad-leaved Diofma

Scarlet Chelone .'

Crifpcd -leaved Ixia, blue variety

Dotted-leaved Rhododendron

Brittle-ftalkcd Geranium

Red early-flowering Gladiolus

Prickly Viper's Buglofc.

Bell-flowered Chelone

Drooping-flowered Lachenalia

Fringed Orchis

Oleander-flowered Trumpet Flower. . .

Cinnamon-fmelling Ixia

Long-'.eaved Iris

Purple-flowered Maflbnia

Scarlet-flowered Plantain-tree

Bulb-bearing Ixia. Var, yeHow-flowered.

Thick-leaved Malpighia

Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var. gold colour.
Largcft-flowering Everlafting Flower. . .

Pine-leaved Gnidia. , . . .

Harfh-leaved upright Mimofa

Creeping-rooted Bartard Aloe. ......

Purple Zinnia

Spike-flowered Antholyza

Srnoeth-leaved annual Fig Marygold. . .

Hawthora-fcented Boronia

Hollow-leaved Ixia

Dot ted -flowered Geranium

Toothed -leaved Starwort

Grafs-like Gladiolus.

Climbing Ufteria.

White Pasony

Lily-leaved Ophrys

Branching Gladiolus

Jagged-leaved Geranium

Oval-leaved Gooden'a

Red-flowered Larnbcrtia. Long-leaved var.

Heath-leaved Gnidia

Blu* thick-petalM Virgin's Bower. ....
Three-flowered Styphclia.

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Map, [tine.
All Summer.
Ma ch» April.
April, May.
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icpttm* or Feb*

iune. July,
lay, June,
March, April,
July j Auguft.
May, June.
July, Auguftp

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May, June,

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June.

April, May.

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